Introductory text
Magistrates’ Courts, England And Wales
Procedure
Made at 1.00 p.m. on 21st October 2019
Laid before Parliament at 5.00 p.m. on 21st October 2019
Coming into force 1st January 2020
The Lord Chief Justice, with the concurrence of the Lord Chancellor, makes the following Rules in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 144 and 145(1)(b) of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980f1:
Annotations
Footnotes
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1980 c. 43. Section 144 has been amended by section 109(1) and (3) and paragraphs 245(1), (2), (5) of Schedule 8 and Schedule 10 to the Courts Act 2003; section 15(1) and paragraphs 99, 102(1), (2), (3)(a), (3)(b), (4) and (6) of Schedule 4 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005; section 208(1) and paragraphs 42, 43(b) of Schedule 21 to the Legal Services Act 2007; Article 3(2) and paragraphs 1(1), (2) to (6) of Schedule 2 to SI 2012/2398 and section 17(6) and paragraphs 39, 52 and 99 of Schedule 10 to the Crime and Courts Act 2013.