Introductory text
England and Wales
Magistrates’ Courts, England And Wales
Made 25th February 2015
Laid before Parliament 3rd March 2015
Coming into force in accordance with rule 1(2)
The Lord Chief Justice, with the concurrence of the Lord Chancellor, makes the following Rules in exercise of the powers conferred by section 144 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980f1 and section 48(4) of the Policing and Crime Act 2009f2.
Annotations
Footnotes
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1980 c. 43. Section 144 has been amended by the Access to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22), Schedule 11 paragraphs 26 and 29; the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39) Schedule 8 paragraph 245 and Schedule 10; the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4) Schedule 4 paragraphs 99 and 102; and by S.I. 2012/2398, article 3(2), Schedule 2 paragraph 1.
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2009 c. 26. Relevant amendments to Part 4 of the 2009 Act were made by the Crime and Security Act 2010 (c. 17), sections 34, 35(1), (2), (3), 36(1), (2), (3), 37, 39(1), (2), and the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), section 17(5) and Schedule 9, Part 2, paragraphs 51(1) and (2), section 18(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6) and Schedule 12 paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4.