# The Magistrates' Courts (Amendment) Rules 2003, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Rules)
These Rules insert a new rule into the Magistrates' Courts Rules 1981 and a new form into the Magistrates' Courts (Forms) Rules 1981. The new rule and form are intended to deal with the situation where a magistrates' court makes an order under section 67 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 requiring a bank or building society to pay money held in an account maintained with the bank or building society to a justices' chief executive in satisfaction of a confiscation order.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/423/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-amendment-rules-2003/note
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