Introductory text

MAGISTRATES' COURTS

PROCEDURE

Made 1st July 1986

Laid before Parliament 10th July 1986

Coming into Operation 1st August 1986

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the power conferred upon him by section 144 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980, as extended by sections 10 and 24 of the Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985, after consultation with the Rule Committee appointed under the said section 144, hereby makes the following Rules:—