Part VII Miscellaneous and Supplementary
Rules
144F1... Rules of procedure.
F2A1
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F3(1)
The Lord Chief Justice may, with the concurrence of the Lord Chancellor, make rules for regulating and prescribing, except in relation to any criminal cause or matter, the procedure and practice to be followed—
(a)
in magistrates' courts, and
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by designated officers for magistrates' courts.
F4(1A)
If the Lord Chancellor does not agree rules made by the Lord Chief Justice, the Lord Chancellor must give the Lord Chief Justice F5... written reasons for doing so.
F6(2)
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F6(3)
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F6(3A)
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(4)
The power to make rules conferred by this section shall be exercisable by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment by resolution of either House of Parliament.
F7(4A)
The Lord Chief Justice may nominate a judicial office holder (as defined in section 109(4) of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005) to exercise his functions under this section.
F8(5)
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