# The Magistrates' Courts (Sex Offender and Anti-social Behaviour Orders) Rules 1998, Article 1: Citation, interpretation and commencement


(1) These Rules may be cited as the Magistrates' Courts (Sex Offender and Anti-social Behaviour Orders) Rules 1998.
(2) In these Rules any reference to a numbered section is a reference to the section so numbered in the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.
(3) These Rules, except rules 6 and 7 below and Schedules 4 to 6, shall come into force on 1st December 1998.
(4) Rules 6 and 7 below and Schedules 4 to 6 shall come into force on 1st April 1999.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2682/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-sex-offender-and-anti-social-behaviour-orders-rules-1998/article-1
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