The Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (Commencement No. 3) Regulations 2023

Statutory Instruments

2023 No. 631 (C. 32)

County Court, England And Wales

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The Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (Commencement No. 3) Regulations 2023

Made

7th June 2023

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 51(4) and (5) of the Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022(1), makes the following Regulations.

Citation, interpretation and extent

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (Commencement No. 3) Regulations 2023.

(2) In these Regulations a reference to a section or Schedule by number alone means the section or Schedule so numbered in the Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022.

(3) These Regulations have the same extent as the provisions commenced.

Provisions coming into force

2.  Sections 19 to 30, 32 and 33 and Schedule 3 come into force on the 21st day after the day on which these Regulations are made.

Bellamy

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Ministry of Justice

7th June 2023

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations are the third commencement regulations made under the Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (“the Act”). They bring into force Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the Act, which establishes a new Online Procedure Rule Committee and makes provision about Online Procedure Rules, with the exception of section 31 and Schedule 4 (which will be brought into force at a later date).

An impact assessment has not been published for these Regulations as no significant impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT REGULATIONS

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

The following provisions of the Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 have been brought into force by commencement regulations made before the date of these Regulations.

ProvisionDate of CommencementS.I. No.
Section 114th July 20222022/816
Section 214th July 20222022/816
Section 54th January 20232022/1358
Section 1314th July 20222022/816
Section 18 (partially)14th July 20222022/816
Schedule 2 paragraphs 16-2114th July 20222022/816