Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretationI1

England and Wales

(1)

These Rules may be cited as the Magistrates’ Courts (Injunctions: Anti-Social Behaviour) Rules 2015.

(2)

These Rules come into force on the day on which, and immediately after, section 1 of the 2014 Act comes into force.

(3)

In these Rules—

(a)

“the 2014 Act” means the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014;

(b)

a reference to a section or Schedule by number alone means the section or Schedule so numbered in the 2014 Act;

(c)

“applicant” means the person applying or who applied for the injunction, and “respondent” means the person against whom the injunction is or was applied for;

(d)

“defaulter” has the meaning given in paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the 2014 Act;

(e)

“original applicant” has the meaning given in paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 2 to the 2014 Act;

(f)

“Part 1 injunction” means an injunction under Part 1 of the 2014 Act.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Rule 1 comes into force in accordance with rule 1(2)