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Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

These Rules may be cited as the Magistrates' Courts (Special Measures Directions) Rules 2002 and shall come into force on 24th July 2002.

(2)

In these Rules—

  • “the Act” means the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999;

  • “court” means a magistrates' court, whether a youth court or not.