5 Short title, commencement and extent.
1
This Act may be cited as the Magistrates’ Courts (Procedure) Act 1998.
2
This Act, except this section, shall not come into force until such day as the Lord Chancellor may by order made by statutory instrument appoint.
3
An order under subsection (2)—
a
may appoint different days for different purposes, and
b
may include such supplemental or transitional provisions or savings as appear to the Lord Chancellor to be necessary or expedient.
4
Except as provided by subsection (6), this Act does not extend to Northern Ireland.
5
Sections 1 and 3 extend to England and Wales only.
6
The provisions of section 4 have the same extent as the enactments amended.