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MAGISTRATES' COURTS, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 20th December 2005

Laid before Parliament 20th December 2005

Coming into force 10th January 2006

The Lord Chancellor, with the consent of the Treasury, makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 92 and 108(6) of the Courts Act 2003^f1.

In accordance with section 92(5) and (6) of that Act the Lord Chancellor has consulted the Lord Chief Justice, the Master of the Rolls, the President of the Queen’s Bench Division, the President of the Family Division, the Chancellor of the High Court, the Head of Civil Justice and the Deputy Head of Civil Justice and the Civil Justice Council.

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f1: 2003 c. 39; section 92 is amended by sections 15(1) and 59(5) of, paragraphs 308 and 345 of Part 1 of Schedule 4 and paragraph 4(1) and (3) of Schedule 11 to, the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), from a date to be appointed. Section 108(6) is amended by section 15(1) of, and paragraphs 308 and 348 of Part 1 of Schedule 4 to, that Act, from a date to be appointed.