Introductory text

MAGISTRATES' COURTS

PROCEDURE

Made 4th April 1974

Laid before Parliament 17th April 1974

Coming into Operation 8th May 1974

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 15 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1949, as extended by section 122 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1952 and sections 2(3) and (4), 3(5)(b) and (c), 5(4) and (9)(a), 6(2) and (3), 7(2) and (5), 8(5) and (6), 9(5) and (10), 10(1) to (5) and (7), 11(1)(b), 14(1), 16(1), 18(1) and 23(3) of the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1972, after consultation with the Rule Committee appointed under the said section 15, hereby makes the following Rules:—