# The Magistrates' Courts (Miscellaneous Amendments) Rules 1998, Introduction: Introductory text


MAGISTRATES' COURTS
PROCEDURE
Made 27 August 1998
Laid before Parliament 3rd September 1998
Coming into force 30th September 1998
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the power conferred upon him by section 144 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980, after consultation with the Rule Committee appointed under the said section 144 and with justices of the peace and justices' clerks for the areas specified in rule 3(4) below, hereby makes the following Rules:

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2167/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-miscellaneous-amendments-rules-1998/introduction
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