2. Section 44(1) (conditional fee agreements: success fees) of the 2012 Act comes into force on 6th April 2019 in relation to publication and privacy proceedings.
Section 44 of the 2012 Act amends sections 58 and 58A of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (“the 1990 Act”). Section 58 was substituted, and section 58A was inserted, by section 27(1) of the Access to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22) and was amended by the Transfer of Functions (Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3429). Section 58A was amended by section 139 of, and Schedule 3 to, the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c. 38), section 261 of, and Schedules 27 and 30 to, the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), the Transfer of Functions (Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State) Order 2005 and section 3 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007 (c. 20). There are other amendments to the 1990 Act not relevant to this Order.