The Magistrates’ Courts (Detention and Forfeiture of Cash) (Amendment) Rules 2012
S.I. 2012/1275 · Made 13 May 2012
Magistrates’ Courts, England And Wales
Made 13th May 2012
Laid before Parliament 17th May 2012
Coming into force 2nd July 2012
The Lord Chief Justice makes the following Rules under section 144 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980f1, after consulting in accordance with that section.
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
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1980 c. 43; section 144 was amended by section 125 of, and paragraph 25 of Schedule 18 to, the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41), paragraphs 26 and 29 of Schedule 11 to the Access to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22), paragraph 245 of Schedule 8, and Schedule 10, to the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), sections 15 and 59 of, and paragraphs 99 and 102 of Schedule 4 and paragraph 4 of Schedule 11 to, the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4) and paragraphs 42 and 43 of Schedule 21 to the Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29).
Contents
- 1Citation and commencement
- 2Amendment to the Magistrates’ Courts (Detention and Forfeiture of Cash) Rules 2002
- Signature
- Explanatory note
1Citation and commencement
These Rules may be cited as The Magistrates’ Courts (Detention and Forfeiture of Cash) (Amendment) Rules 2012 and shall come into force on 2nd July 2012.
2Amendment to the Magistrates’ Courts (Detention and Forfeiture of Cash) Rules 2002
In rule 9 (Notice) of The Magistrates’ Courts (Detention and Forfeiture of Cash) Rules 2002f1, after ‘Rules’, in the second place it occurs, add ‘, and, if so given or sent, shall be deemed to have been received by that person unless the contrary is shown’.
Signature
Lord Judge, C.J.
I concur.
Kenneth Clarke
Lord Chancellor
13th May 2012
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Rules)
These Rules amend The Magistrates’ Courts (Detention and Forfeiture of Cash) Rules 2002 to allow for effective service of documents to be assumed unless the contrary is shown.
These Rules come into force on 2nd July 2012.