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Introductory text

England and Wales

MAGISTRATES' COURTS

PROCEDURE

Made 20th March 1981

Laid before Parliament 8th April 1981

Coming into Operation 6th July 1981

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the power conferred on him by section 144 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980f1, as extended by section 145 of that Act, after consultation with the Rule Committee appointed under the said section 144, hereby makes the following Rules:—C1C2C3C4

Annotations

Modifications

C1

Rules modified (27.9.1989) by The Magistrates' Courts (Extradition) Rules 1989 (S.I. 1989/1597), rules 1, 3

C2

Rules modified in part (1.1.1992) by The Solicitors' Incorporated Practices Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/2684), arts. 1, 4, 5, Sch. 1

C3

Rules modified (1.9.2001) by The Magistrates' Courts (International Criminal Court) (Forms) Rules 2001 (S.I. 2001/2600), rules 1, 3

C4

Rules applied in part (with modifications) (23.12.2011) by The Legal Services Act 2007 (Designation as a Licensing Authority) (No. 2) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2866), arts. 1(2), 8(1)(2), Sch. 2

Footnotes

f1

1980 c. 43.