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The Magistrates' Courts (Forms) (Amendment) Rules 1999

S.I. 1999/1149 · Made 10 April 1999

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MAGISTRATES' COURTS

Made 10th April 1999

Laid before Parliament 13th April 1999

Coming into force 4th May 1999

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the power conferred on him by 144 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980f1, as extended by section 145 of that Act, 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.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. 3Article 3
  4. Signature
  5. Schedule Schedule
  6. Explanatory note

1

This Order may be cited as the Magistrates' Courts (Forms) (Amendment) Rules 1999, and shall come into force on 4th May 1999.

2

In the Table of Contents in Schedule 2 to the Magistrates' Courts (Forms) Rules 1981f1, after the entry for Form 27 there shall be inserted:–

“27A

Notice to defendant: plea of guilty in absence – written statement procedure.”and after the entry for Form 28 there shall be inserted:–

“28A

Plea and mitigation form.”.

3

The forms numbered 27A and 28A contained in the Schedule to these Rules shall be inserted after Forms 27 and 28 respectively in Schedule 2 to the Magistrates' Courts (Forms) Rules 1981.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor

G.W. Hoon

Minister of State,

Lord Chancellor’s Department

Dated 10th April 1999

SUMMARY TRIAL—FORM 27 A

SUMMARY TRIAL—FORM 28 A

Plea and mitigation form (MC Act 1980 s.12(4))

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

These Rules prescribe a new Form 27A, for use in cases where statements are served under the procedure in section 12 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980, as amended by the Magistrates' Courts (Procedure) Act 1998, and a new Form 28A, for a defendant to record his intended plea and statement of mitigation.