Introductory text

MAGISTRATES' COURTS

PROCEDURE

Made 26th May 1994

Laid before Parliament 6th June 1994

Coming into force 27th June 1994

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 144 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980^f1, after consultation with the Rule Committee appointed under the said section 144, hereby makes the following Rules:

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Footnotes

f1: 1980 c. 43; section 144 is extended by section 145 of that Act, by section 28(1) and (1A) of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979 (c. 55) and by section 34B(6) and (7) of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (c. 53). Section 28(1) of the 1979 Act was amended by the Magistrates' Court Act 1980, Schedule 7, paragraph 194. Subsection (1A) of that section was inserted by section 117 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41). Section 34B of the 1988 Act was inserted by section 30 of the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40).