Article 2

(1)

The Magistrates' Courts (Detention and Forfeiture of Cash) Rules 2002^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

After rule 11, there is inserted—

“Jurisdiction of magistrates' courts

12.

For the purposes of section 52 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980^f2, any magistrates' court to which an application is made under these Rules has jurisdiction to hear that application, whether or not the application relates to a matter arising within the commission area for which the court is appointed.”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2002/2998 (L. 17).
f2: Section 52 was amended by Part V of Schedule 15 to the Access to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22).