Introductory text

MAGISTRATES` COURTS

PROCEDURE

Made 29th March 1983

Laid before Parliament 12th April 1983

Coming into Operation 24th May 1983

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the power conferred on him by section 144 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980, as extended by sections 61 and 145 of that Act, after consultation with the Rule Committee appointed under the said section 144, hereby makes the following Rules:—