Introductory text
MAGISTRATES' COURTS
PROCEDURE
Made 9th March 1999
Laid before Parliament 10th March 1999
Coming into force 1st April 1999
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 144 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980f1 and sections 2(2), 3 and 12 of the Civil Evidence Act 1995f2, after consultation with the Rule Committee appointed under the said section 144, hereby makes the following Rules–
Annotations
Footnotes
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1980 c. 43; section 144 is extended by section 145 of that Act, by the Children Act 1989 (c. 41), section 93, by the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41), sections 10, 125(3) and Schedule 18, paragraph 25(7) and by the Justices of the Peace Act 1997 (c. 25), section 45.
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