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Statutory Instruments
MAGISTRATES' COURTS
PROCEDURE
Made
10th March 1997
Laid before Parliament
11th March 1997
Coming into force
1st April 1997
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 144, as extended by section 145, of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980(1) and section 19 of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996(2), and after consultation with the Rule Committee appointed under the said section 144, hereby makes the following Rules:
1980 c. 43; section 144 was amended by paragraph 25(1) and (7) of Schedule 18 to the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41) and there are amendments to section 145 which are not relevant to these Rules.
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