Article 1 Citation, interpretation and commencement

These Rules may be cited as the Magistrates' Courts (Sex Offender and Anti-social Behaviour Orders) Rules 1998.

In these Rules any reference to a numbered section is a reference to the section so numbered in the Crime and Disorder Act 1998^f1.

These Rules, except rules 6 and 7 below and Schedules 4 to 6, shall come into force on 1st December 1998.

Rules 6 and 7 below and Schedules 4 to 6 shall come into force on 1st April 1999.