Access to Justice Act 1999
Part I Legal Services Commission
Commission
1 Legal Services Commission.
2 Power to replace Commission with two bodies.
3 Powers of Commission.
Community Legal Service
4 Community Legal Service.
5 Funding of services.
6 Services which may be funded.
7 Individuals for whom services may be funded.
8 Code about provision of funded services.
8AFunding code: pilot provisions
9 Procedure relating to funding code.
10 Terms of provision of funded services.
11 Costs in funded cases.
11APilot schemes
Criminal Defence Service
12 Criminal Defence Service.
13 Advice and assistance.
14 Representation.
15 Selection of representative.
16 Code of conduct.
17 Terms of provision of funded services.
17AContribution orders
18 Funding.
18APilot schemes
Supplementary
19 Foreign law.
20 Restriction of disclosure of information.
21 Misrepresentation etc.
22 Position of service providers and other parties etc.
23 Guidance.
24 Consequential amendments.
25 Orders, regulations and directions.
26 Interpretation.
Part II Other funding of legal services
Conditional fee and litigation funding agreements
27 Conditional fee agreements.
28 Litigation funding agreements.
Costs
29 Recovery of insurance premiums by way of costs.
30 Recovery where body undertakes to meet costs liabilities.
31 Rules as to costs.
Legal aid in Scotland
32 Regulations about financial limits in certain proceedings.
33 Recipients of disabled person’s tax credit.
34 References by Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission.
Part III Provision of legal services
Legal Services Consultative Panel
35 Replacement of ACLEC by Consultative Panel.
Rights of audience and rights to conduct litigation
36 Barristers and solicitors.
37 Rights of audience: employed advocates.
38 Employees of Legal Services Commission.
39 Rights of audience: change of authorised body.
40 Rights to conduct litigation: barristers and legal executives.
41 Authorised bodies: designation and regulations and rules.
42 Overriding duties of advocates and litigators.
43 Minor and consequential amendments.
Barristers and solicitors
44 Barristers employed by solicitors etc.
45 Fees on application for appointment as Queen’s Counsel.
46 Bar practising certificates.
47 Fees for solicitors’ practising certificates.
48 Law Society’s powers in relation to conduct of solicitors etc.
Legal Services Ombudsman
49 Powers of Ombudsman.
50 Funding of Ombudsman by professional bodies.
Legal Services Complaints Commissioner
51 Commissioner.
52 Commissioner’s functions.
Public notaries
53 Abolition of scriveners’ monopoly.
Part IV Appeals, courts, judges and court proceedings
Appeals
54 Permission to appeal.
55 Second appeals.
56 Power to prescribe alternative destination of appeals.
57 Assignment of appeals to Court of Appeal.
58 Criminal appeals: minor amendments.
Civil division of Court of Appeal
59 Composition.
60 Calling into question of incidental decisions.
High Court
61 Cases stated by Crown Court.
62 Power to vary committal in default.
63 Criminal causes and matters.
64 Contempt of court.
65 Habeas corpus.
Crown Court
66 Enforcement of community orders.
67 Time limits where accused sent for trial.
Judges etc.
68 Judges holding office in European or international courts.
69 Vice-president of Queen’s Bench Division.
70 Registrar of civil appeals.
Court proceedings
71 Adjournment of inquest in event of judicial inquiry.
72 Reporting of proceedings relating to children.
73 Power to allow children to attend criminal proceedings.
Part V Magistrates and magistrates’ courts
Territorial organisation
74 Commission areas.
75 Petty sessions areas.
76 Areas: consequential provision.
77 Youth courts.
Justices
78 Unification and renaming of stipendiary bench.
79 Justices not to sit on committal for sentence.
80 Jurisdiction over offences outside area.
Magistrates’ courts committees
81 Areas outside Greater London.
82 Constitution of committees outside Greater London.
83 Greater London Magistrates’ Courts Authority.
84 Standard goods and services.
85 Power to direct implementation of inspectors’ recommendations.
86 Code of conduct.
Justices’ chief executives, justices’ clerks and staff
87 Qualification for appointment as chief executive.
88 Role of chief executives.
89 Independence of clerks and staff exercising legal functions.
90 Transfer of clerks’ functions to chief executives.
91 Accounting etc. functions of chief executives.
Execution of warrants
92 Civilian enforcement officers.
93 Approved enforcement agencies.
94 Disclosure of information for enforcing warrants.
95 Warrants of detention.
96 Execution by person not in possession of warrant.
97 Cessation of warrants.
Part VI Immunity and indemnity
Justices and their clerks
98 Justices and clerks: immunity from costs.
99 Justices and clerks: indemnity.
100 Assistant justices’ clerks: immunity from action.
General Commissioners of income tax and their clerks
101 General Commissioners: immunity from action.
102 General Commissioners: immunity from costs and expenses.
103 General Commissioners and clerks: indemnity.
Coroners
104 Indemnity.
Part VII Supplementary
105 Transitional provisions and savings.
106 Repeals and revocations.
107 Crown application.
108 Commencement.
109 Extent.
110 Short title.
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1 Legal Services Commission
Incorporation and status
1The Commission shall be a body corporate.
2The Commission shall not be regarded— (a) as the servant...
Tenure of members
3(1) Subject to paragraphs 4 and 5, any member of...
4(1) A member of the Commission, or the person appointed...
5The Lord Chancellor may terminate the appointment of a member...
Members’ interests
6(1) Before appointing a person to be a member of...
7(1) A member of the Commission who is in any...
Remuneration of members
8(1) The Commission may— (a) pay to its members such...
Staff
9(1) The Commission shall appoint a person to be the...
10(1) The Commission shall make, in respect of such of...
Funding of costs relating to administration etc.
11(1) The Lord Chancellor shall pay to the Commission such...
Proceedings
12(1) Subject to anything in any instrument made under this...
Provision of information
13(1) The Commission shall provide the Lord Chancellor with such...
Annual report
14(1) The Commission shall provide to the Lord Chancellor, as...
Annual plan
15(1) The Commission shall, before the beginning of each financial...
Accounts and audit
16(1) The Commission shall keep accounts and shall prepare in...
Instruments
17(1) The fixing of the seal of the Commission shall...
SCHEDULE 2 Community Legal Service: excluded services
1Services consisting of the provision of help (beyond the provision...
1AServices consisting of the provision of help to an individual...
2Advocacy in any proceedings except— (1) proceedings in—
3(1) These are the proceedings under the Proceeds of Crime...
4(1) This sub-paragraph applies to an inquest into the death...
SCHEDULE 3 Criminal Defence Service: right to representation
Individuals to whom right may be granted
1(1) A right to representation for the purposes of any...
Individuals to whom right may be provisionally granted
1A(1) Regulations may provide that, in prescribed circumstances, and subject...
Grant of right by court
2(1) A court before which any criminal proceedings take place,...
Grant of right by commission
2A(1) Regulations may— (a) provide that the Commission shall have...
3(1) Regulations may provide that the Commission shall have power...
3A(1) The form of the grant of a right to...
Financial eligibility
3B(1) Power under this Schedule to grant a right to...
Appeals
4Except where regulations otherwise provide, an appeal shall lie to...
Criteria for grant of right
5(1) Any question as to whether a right to representation...
Information requests
6(1) The relevant authority may make an information request to—...
Restrictions on disclosure
7(1) A person to whom information is disclosed under paragraph...
Paragraphs 6 and 7: supplementary
8(1) This paragraph applies for the purposes of paragraphs 6...
Schedule 3AMotor vehicle orders
Introductory
1In this Schedule “ enforcement regulations ” means regulations under...
Further general powers to regulate motor vehicle orders
2Enforcement regulations may make provision about or in connection with—...
Applications
3Enforcement regulations must provide that a motor vehicle order may...
Matters of which court to be satisfied
4(1) Enforcement regulations must provide that, before a court makes...
Ownership of motor vehicles
5(1) Enforcement regulations must provide that a clamping order must...
Motor vehicles used by disabled persons
6Enforcement regulations must provide that an immobilisation device may not...
Restrictions on making vehicle sale orders
7Enforcement regulations must provide that, where a motor vehicle has...
Interpretation
8In this Schedule— “ disabled person's badge ” means a...
SCHEDULE 4
Amendments consequential on Part I
The Public Records Act 1958 (c.51)
1In the First Schedule to the Public Records Act 1958...
The Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 (c.13)
2In Schedule 2 to the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 (which...
The Criminal Appeal Act 1968 (c.19)
3In section 50 of the Criminal Appeal Act 1968 (meaning...
The Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (c.54)
4The Children and Young Persons Act 1969 has effect subject...
5In section 12AA(9) (restrictions on power to require young offender...
6In section 23 (remands and committals to local authority accommodation),...
7In that section as it has effect pursuant to section...
The Attachment of Earnings Act 1971 (c.32)
8In section 1(3)(c) of the Attachment of Earnings Act 1971...
The Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973 (c.62)
9In section 21(1) of the Powers of Criminal Courts Act...
The Solicitors Act 1974 (c.47)
10(1) Section 47 of the Solicitors Act 1974 (jurisdiction of...
The House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c.24)
11In Part II of Schedule 1 to the House of...
The Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 (c.25)
12In Part II of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland...
The Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (c.65)
13In section 75(4) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (charges...
The Race Relations Act 1976 (c.74)
14In section 66(6) of the Race Relations Act 1976 (charges...
The Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c.43)
15The Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 has effect subject to the...
16In section 8(4) (matters which may be contained in a...
17In section 92(1)(b) (no restriction on power to impose imprisonment...
18In section 130(3) (power of alternate court in remand hearings...
19In section 145A(4) (rules about costs may include provision for...
20In Part I of Schedule 6 (fees), in paragraph 1(a)...
The Supreme Court Act 1981 (c.54)
21The Supreme Court Act 1981 has effect subject to the...
22In section 28 (appeal by way of case stated from...
23In section 29 (judicial review of decisions of Crown Court,...
24In section 47(7) (references to orders not to include contribution...
The Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c.48)
25In section 3(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (restriction...
The Telecommunications Act 1984 (c.12)
26In section 52(5) of the Telecommunications Act 1984 (charges to...
The Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (c.23)
27The Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 has effect subject to...
28In section 19(2)(b) (in making an order for costs account...
29In section 20(2) (recovery of sums paid by Legal Aid...
30(1) Section 21 (interpretation) is amended as follows.
The Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985 (c.60)
31In section 11 of the Child Abduction and Custody Act...
The Administration of Justice Act 1985 (c.61)
32The Administration of Justice Act 1985 has effect subject to...
33In section 40(1) (legal aid complaints), for “under the Legal...
34In section 41(2) (reduction of fees payable in connection with...
35In section 42 (exclusion of barristers from legal aid work),...
36In section 43(3) (reduction of costs payable in connection with...
The Housing Act 1985 (c.68)
37In section 170(5) of the Housing Act 1985 (charges to...
The Criminal Justice Act 1987 (c.38)
38The Criminal Justice Act 1987 has effect subject to the...
39In section 4(1) (functions of magistrates’ court to cease when...
40In section 11(12) (matters to which restrictions on reporting do...
The Consumer Arbitration Agreements Act 1988 (c.21)
41In section 4(3) of the Consumer Arbitration Agreements Act 1988...
The Housing Act 1988 (c.50)
42The Housing Act 1988 has effect subject to the following...
43In section 82(4) (charge to recover costs of assistance in...
44In section 107(4) (charge to recover costs of assistance in...
The Children Act 1989 (c.41)
45In section 25(6) of the Children Act 1989 (child without...
The Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c.41)
46In section 17(3)(c)(iii) of the Courts and Legal Services Act...
The Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c.53)
47In section 53(3) of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (functions...
The Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c.5)
48(1) Section 108(7) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992...
The Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (c.25)
49In section 37(9) of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act...
The Family Law Act 1996 (c.27)
50The Family Law Act 1996 has effect subject to the...
51(1) Section 8 (information meetings) is amended as follows.
52(1) Section 23 (provision of marriage counselling) is amended as...
The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c.37)
53The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 has effect subject to...
54In section 50(2) (procedure at early administrative hearing), for paragraphs...
55In paragraph 3(8) of Schedule 3 (matters which may be...
The Disability Rights Commission Act 1999 (c. 17)
56In section 8(4)(a) of the Disability Rights Commission Act 1999...
SCHEDULE 5 Authorised bodies: designation and regulations and rules
1For sections 29 and 30 of the Courts and Legal...
2For Schedule 4 to that Act substitute— SCHEDULE 4 Authorised...
SCHEDULE 6 Rights of audience and rights to conduct litigation
The Solicitors Act 1974 (c.47)
1The Solicitors Act 1974 has effect subject to the following...
2In section 2(4) (Lord Chief Justice or Master of the...
3In section 31(3) (Master of the Rolls deemed to concur...
The Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c.41)
4The Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 has effect subject...
5(1) Section 18 (duty to exercise functions as soon as...
6(1) Section 27 (rights of audience) is amended as follows....
7(1) Section 28 (rights to conduct litigation) is amended as...
8In section 53(6)(a) (Council for Licensed Conveyancers), for “section 29”...
9In section 71 (qualification for judicial appointments), for subsection (6)...
10(1) Section 119(1) (interpretation) is amended as follows.
11(1) Section 120 (subordinate legislation) is amended as follows.
SCHEDULE 7 Powers of Law Society
Monitoring of compliance with rules
1In section 31(1) of the Solicitors Act 1974 (power of...
Bank and building society accounts
2In— (a) section 32(4) of that Act (power of Council...
3In the Solicitors Act 1974, after section 33 insert— Inspection...
4In section 87(1) of that Act (interpretation), in the definition...
5In Schedule 2 to the Administration of Justice Act 1985,...
Intervention for breach of rules on practice, conduct and discipline
6In Schedule 1 to the Solicitors Act 1974 (intervention in...
Solicitors’ employees and consultants
7(1) Section 43 of that Act (control of employment of...
8In section 44(2) of that Act (breach of order by...
9(1) Section 49 of that Act (appeals from Tribunal) is...
10In paragraph 11(1) of Schedule 2 to the Administration of...
Power to examine files
11(1) Section 44B of the Solicitors Act 1974 (power of...
12In paragraph 14(1) of Schedule 2 to the Administration of...
Payment of costs by solicitor under investigation
13In the Solicitors Act 1974, after section 44B insert— Costs...
14In Schedule 2 to the Administration of Justice Act 1985,...
Registered foreign lawyers
15Subsections (5) to (7) of section 89 of the Courts...
SCHEDULE 8 Legal Services Complaints Commissioner
Provision for discharge of functions
1(1) The Secretary of State may give general directions concerning...
Delegation of functions
2(1) The Commissioner may delegate any of his functions to...
Remuneration
3(1) The Secretary of State shall pay to, or in...
Staff
4(1) The Commissioner may appoint such staff as he thinks...
Annual and other reports
5(1) The Commissioner shall make an annual report to the...
Accounts and audit
6(1) The Commissioner shall keep accounts with respect to his...
Financial provisions
7(1) The Secretary of State may require any professional body...
Parliamentary disqualification
8In Part III of Schedule 1 to—
Parliamentary Commissioner
9In Schedule 2 to the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 (which...
Acting Commissioner
10(1) The Secretary of State may appoint a person to...
SCHEDULE 9 Enforcement of community orders
1Schedule 2 to the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (enforcement of...
2In paragraph 2(2) (issue by justice of the peace of...
3In paragraph 3(1) (powers of magistrates’ court), for “the magistrates’...
4In paragraph 6(5) (community service orders)— (a) in paragraph (a),...
5(1) Paragraph 7 (revocation of order by magistrates’ court) is...
6For paragraph 8(1) and (1A) (circumstances in which Crown Court...
7(1) Paragraph 8A (replacement of probation order with conditional discharge)...
8In paragraph 11A (application of paragraph 6A for purposes of...
9(1) In each of the provisions specified in sub-paragraph (2)...
SCHEDULE 10 Commission areas and petty sessions areas
The Parochial Libraries Act 1708 (c.14)
1In section 10 of the Parochial Libraries Act 1708 (warrant...
The Distress for Rent Act 1737 (c.19)
2In section 4 of the Distress for Rent Act 1737...
The Inclosure Act 1773 (c.81)
3In section 4 of the Inclosure Act 1773 (expenses), for...
The Burial Ground Act 1816 (c.141)
4In section 2 of the Burial Ground Act 1816 (valuation...
The Inclosure and Drainage (Rates) Act 1833 (c.35)
5In section 1 of the Inclosure and Drainage (Rates) Act...
The Ordnance Survey Act 1841 (c.30)
6In section 2 of the Ordnance Survey Act 1841 (powers...
The Geological Survey Act 1845 (c.63)
7In section 1 of the Geological Survey Act 1845 (powers...
The Inclosure Act 1845 (c.118)
8In section 159 of the Inclosure Act 1845 (recovery of...
The Hares Act 1848 (c.29)
9In section 2 of the Hares Act 1848 (authority to...
The Fairs Act 1873 (c.37)
10In section 6 of the Fairs Act 1873 (alteration of...
The Commons Act 1876 (c.56)
11In section 20 of the Commons Act 1876 (prohibition on...
The Municipal Corporations Act 1882 (c.50)
12In section 153(3) of the Municipal Corporations Act 1882 (warrant...
The Local Government Act 1888 (c.41)
13In section 28(2) of the Local Government Act 1888 (power...
The Children and Young Persons Act 1933 (c.12)
14The Children and Young Persons Act 1933 has effect subject...
15In section 48(3) (power of youth court acting for same...
16(1) The Second Schedule (constitution of youth courts) is amended...
The Criminal Justice Act 1948 (c.58)
17In section 80(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1948 (interpretation),...
The Prevention of Damage by Pests Act 1949 (c.55)
18In section 15(1) of the Prevention of Damage by Pests...
The National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 (c.97)
19In section 68(3) of the National Parks and Access to...
The Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951 (c.65)
20(1) Paragraph 4 of Part II of Schedule 2 to...
The Prison Act 1952 (c.52)
21In section 19(1) of the Prison Act 1952 (right of...
The Maintenance Orders Act 1958 (c.39)
22In section 21(1) of the Maintenance Orders Act 1958 (interpretation),...
The Licensing Act 1964 (c.26)
23The Licensing Act 1964 has effect subject to the following...
24In section 2 (licensing justices and districts), for subsection (2)...
25In section 85(1) (search warrants for parties organised for gain),...
26In section 187(1) (search warrants), for “county or borough” substitute...
27In section 188(1) (closing of licensed premises in case of...
28(1) Section 193 (disqualification of justices) is amended as follows....
29In section 201(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “the metropolis”,...
The Administration of Justice Act 1964 (c.42)
30(1) Section 19 of the Administration of Justice Act 1964...
The Sunday Theatre Act 1972 (c.26)
31In section 2(2) of the Sunday Theatre Act 1972 (definition...
The Solicitors Act 1974 (c.47)
32In section 38(2) of the Solicitors Act 1974 (disqualification of...
The Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c.43)
33The Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 has effect subject to the...
34In section 70 (jurisdiction in inner London for family proceedings),...
35In section 146(5) (rules relating to youth courts), for “inner...
36In section 150(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “petty sessional...
The Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 (c.14)
37In section 82(1) of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981...
The Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c.27)
38In section 142(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984...
The Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c.53)
39In section 76 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (provision...
The Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c.14)
40(1) Section 46 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992...
The Probation Service Act 1993 (c.47)
41The Probation Service Act 1993 has effect subject to the...
42In section 2(3) (Secretary of State to make provision for...
43In section 18(2) (expenditure of inner London probation committee)—
44In section 29(1)(a) (definition of “responsible authority” for inner London...
45In section 30(1), in the definition of “inner London area”,...
The Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c.19)
46In section 55(3) of the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994...
The Justices of the Peace Act 1997 (c.25)
47The Justices of the Peace Act 1997 has effect subject...
48In section 6 (residence qualification for justices), after subsection (1)...
49(1) Section 10 (allowances for justices) is amended as follows....
50For section 26 (Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Lancashire) substitute— Greater...
51In section 50(11) (pensions etc. of court staff in inner...
52(1) Section 72(1) (definitions) is amended as follows.
53In paragraph 11(4) of Schedule 4 (chief clerks in inner...
SCHEDULE 11 Unification and renaming of stipendiary bench
The Metropolitan Police Act 1839 (c.47)
1The Metropolitan Police Act 1839 has effect subject to the...
2In section 52 (prevention of obstruction in neighbourhood of public...
3In section 75 (“magistrate” to mean every justice of the...
4In section 76 (complaints to be heard and determined by...
The Metropolitan Police Courts Act 1840 (c.84)
5In section 13 of the Metropolitan Police Courts Act 1840...
The London Hackney Carriages Act 1843 (c.86)
6In section 24 of the London Hackney Carriages Act 1843...
The London Hackney Carriages Act 1850 (c.7)
7In section 4 of the London Hackney Carriages Act 1850...
The London Hackney Carriage Act 1853 (c.33)
8In section 18 of the London Hackney Carriage Act 1853...
The Regulation of Railways Act 1871 (c.78)
9In section 7(1) of the Regulation of Railways Act 1871...
The Metropolitan Police Courts Act 1897 (c.26)
10In section 4 of the Metropolitan Police Courts Act 1897...
The Law of Distress Amendment Act 1908 (c.53)
11In section 2 of the Law of Distress Amendment Act...
The Children and Young Persons Act 1933 (c.12)
12(1) The Second Schedule to the Children and Young Person...
The Local Government Act 1948 (c.26)
13(1) Section 121 of the Local Government Act 1948 (precept...
The Metropolitan Magistrates’ Courts Act 1959 (c.45)
14The Metropolitan Magistrates’ Courts Act 1959 (functions of Receiver) has...
15In section 3(1) (power of Receiver to provide premises for...
16In section 4(2) (borrowing power of Receiver), for the words...
The Licensing Act 1964 (c.26)
17In section 29(2) of the Licensing Act 1964 (fees chargeable...
The Backing of Warrants (Republic of Ireland) Act 1965 (c.45)
18In paragraph 2A of the Schedule to the Backing of...
The Courts Act 1971 (c.23)
19In Part IA of Schedule 2 to the Courts Act...
The Local Government Act 1972 (c.70)
20In section 67(2)(b) of the Local Government Act 1972 (which...
The Administration of Justice Act 1973 (c.15)
21In section 9(1) of the Administration of Justice Act 1973...
The Juries Act 1974 (c.23)
22In Part I of Schedule 1 to the Juries Act...
The Solicitors Act 1974 (c.47)
23In section 38 of the Solicitors Act 1974 (disqualification of...
The House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c.24)
24In Part I of Schedule 1 to the House of...
The Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 (c.25)
25In Part I of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland...
The Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c.43)
26The Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 has effect subject to the...
27For section 66 substitute— Composition of magistrates’ courts for family...
28(1) Section 67 (family courts and panels) is amended as...
29In section 144(2) (rule committee for magistrates’ courts to include...
30In section 150(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “petty-sessional court-house”,...
The Extradition Act 1989 (c.33)
31The Extradition Act 1989 has effect subject to the following...
32In section 8(1)(a) (issue of warrant for arrest on receipt...
33(1) Section 9 (proceedings for committal) is amended as follows....
34In section 10(7) (cases in which order by metropolitan magistrate...
35In section 24(4) (suppression of terrorism), in the paragraph (c)...
36(1) Schedule 1 (provisions deriving from the Extradition Act 1870...
The Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c.41)
37In Schedule 11 to the Courts and Legal Services Act...
The Local Government Act 1992 (c.19)
38In section 19(2)(d) of the Local Government Act 1992 (which...
The Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (c. 8)
39The Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 has effect subject...
40In Part I of Schedule 1 (qualifying offices), after “County...
41In Schedule 5 (retirement), for “Stipendiary magistrate in England and...
The Probation Service Act 1993 (c.47)
42(1) Schedule 1 to the Probation Service Act 1993 (probation...
The Justices of the Peace Act 1997 (c.25)
43The Justices of the Peace Act 1997 has effect subject...
44In subsection (2)(a) of section 5 (which specifies that the...
45In section 7(7) (which provides that the provisions about the...
46In section 10(4) (provisions about travelling, subsistence and financial loss...
47In section 22(4)(c) (chairman or deputy chairman of justices not...
48In section 69(4) (oaths required to be taken by acting...
49In section 72(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “petty sessional...
50In paragraph 7 of Schedule 4 (inner London), in sub-paragraph...
SCHEDULE 12 Greater London Magistrates’ Courts Authority
The Public Works Loans Act 1965 (c.63)
1In section 2(1)(a) of the Public Works Loans Act 1965...
The National Loans Act 1968 (c.13)
2In paragraph 1(a) of Schedule 4 to the National Loans...
The Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (c.53)
3In section 82(2A) of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988...
The Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c.42)
4The Local Government and Housing Act 1989 has effect subject...
5In section 39(1) (authorities to which provisions about revenue accounts...
6In section 67(3) (authorities to which provisions about interests in...
The Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c.53)
7(1) Section 76 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 as...
The Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c.14)
8In section 19(2) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992...
The Justices of the Peace Act 1997 (c.25)
9The Justices of the Peace Act 1997 has effect subject...
10In section 10(7) as amended by Schedule 10 to this...
11In section 40(8) (regulations about appointment of justices’ chief executive),...
12In section 44 (terms of employment), after subsection (1) insert—...
13For section 50 substitute— Pensions of employees of GLMCA. (1) The Lord Chancellor may, with the consent of the...
14(1) Section 54 (indemnification of justices’ and their clerks) is...
15Before section 55 insert the heading— “Magistrates’ courts committees outside...
16(1) Section 55 (duties of local authorities) is amended as...
17(1) Section 56 (provision supplementary to section 55) is amended...
18In section 59(1) (regulations relating to accounts of magistrates’ courts...
19After section 68 insert— Provision of accommodation for justices and...
SCHEDULE 13 Functions transferred to justices’ chief executives
The London Hackney Carriages Act 1843 (c.86)
1In section 24 of the London Hackney Carriages Act 1843...
The Evidence Act 1851 (c.99)
2(1) Section 13 of the Evidence Act 1851 (proof of...
The Criminal Procedure Act 1865 (c.18)
3(1) Section 6 of the Criminal Procedure Act 1865 (proof...
The Prevention of Crimes Act 1871 (c.112)
4(1) Section 18 of the Prevention of Crimes Act 1871...
The Fairs Act 1873 (c.37)
5In section 6 of the Fairs Act 1873 (alteration of...
The Public Health Acts Amendment Act 1907 (c.53)
6In section 94(7) of the Public Health Acts Amendment Act...
The Maintenance Orders (Facilities for Enforcement) Act 1920 (c.33)
7(1) Section 4 of the Maintenance Orders (Facilities for Enforcement)...
The Children and Young Persons Act 1933 (c.12)
8The Children and Young Persons Act 1933 has effect subject...
9In section 42(2)(b) (transmission of deposition of child), for “clerk”...
10In section 45 (constitution of youth courts), number the existing...
11In— (a) section 46(1A) (notification of guilty plea),
The Maintenance Orders Act 1950 (c.37)
12Part II of the Maintenance Orders Act 1950 (enforcement of...
13(1) Section 18 (enforcement of registered orders) is amended as...
14(1) Section 22 (discharge and variation of registered orders) is...
15In section 24(5A)(b) (order requiring payment to the clerk of...
The Army Act 1955 (c.18)
16The Army Act 1955 has effect subject to the following...
17(1) Section 189 (delivery into military custody of person dealt...
18(1) Section 199 (proof of outcome of civil trial) is...
The Air Force Act 1955 (c.19)
19The Air Force Act 1955 has effect subject to the...
20(1) Section 189 (delivery into air-force custody of person dealt...
21(1) Section 199 (proof of outcome of civil trial) is...
The Naval Discipline Act 1957 (c.53)
22The Naval Discipline Act 1957 has effect subject to the...
23(1) Section 110 (delivery into naval custody of person dealt...
24(1) Section 129B (proof of outcome of civil trial) is...
The Maintenance Orders Act 1958 (c.39)
25The Maintenance Orders Act 1958 has effect subject to the...
26(1) Section 2 (registration of orders) is amended as follows....
27In section 3(3A) (requirement of person liable under order to...
28(1) Section 4(5B) (application of section 60 of the Magistrates’...
29(1) Section 5 (cancellation of registration) is amended as follows....
30In section 18 (powers of magistrates to review committals), for...
31In section 20(1) (clerk of magistrates’ court entitled to receive...
The Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963 (c.2)
32The Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963 has effect subject...
33(1) Section 10A (cancellation of betting office licence) is amended...
34(1) Section 11 (cancellation of and disqualification for bookmaker’s permit...
35(1) Schedule 1 (bookmaker’s permits, betting agency permits and betting...
The Licensing Act 1964 (c.26)
36The Licensing Act 1964 has effect subject to the following...
37In— (a) section 8A(2) (approval of prospective licensee),
38(1) Section 20 (consent for alteration of premises) is amended...
39In section 20A(3) (revocation of justices’ licences), for “clerk” substitute...
40(1) Section 22 (procedural provisions as to appeals) is amended...
41In section 27(4)(c)(ii) (notice for renewal of licence given to...
42(1) Section 28 (clerk to licensing justices) is amended as...
43In section 30 (register of licences), in—
44(1) Section 31 (matters to be entered in register) is...
45In section 32(1) and (2) (persons with interest in property...
46In section 33 (notice of conviction of licence holder to...
47In section 34(3) (refusal of inspection of register), for “clerk”...
48In section 46(2) (notice to fire authority of application for...
49(1) Section 51 (register of clubs) is amended as follows....
50In— (a) section 62(3) (permitted hours in clubs),
51In Schedule 2 (applications for justices’ licences), in—
52(1) Schedule 6 (applications and complaints relating to registration certificates)...
53In Schedule 8A (procedure for making, varying or revoking restriction...
54In paragraph 7 of Schedule 11 (clerk to licensing planning...
55In Schedule 12 (canteen licences), in paragraphs 1(1)(a) and 3,...
56In Schedule 12A (children’s certificates), in— (a) paragraphs 1(1) and...
The Gaming Act 1968 (c.65)
57The Gaming Act 1968 has effect subject to the following...
58(1) Schedule 2 (grant etc. of licences) is amended as...
59(1) Schedule 3 (registration of members’ clubs in England and...
60In Schedule 7 (registration for gaming by means of machines),...
61(1) Schedule 9 (permits under section 34) is amended as...
The Late Night Refreshment Houses Act 1969 (c.53)
62In section 6(2) of the Late Night Refreshment Houses Act...
The Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (c.54)
63In the Children and Young Persons Act 1969, in—
The Attachment of Earnings Act 1971 (c.32)
64The Attachment of Earnings Act 1971 has effect subject to...
65In section 3(1)(c) (persons who may apply for an attachment...
66In section 6(7)(c) (clerk to be collecting officer in case...
67In section 17(3)(d) (power to require court officer to deal...
68(1) Section 18 (certain action not to be taken by...
69In section 21(2)(a)(ii) (costs due to clerk of magistrates’ court),...
The Immigration Act 1971 (c.77)
70(1) Schedule 2 to the Immigration Act 1971 (administrative provisions)...
The Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1972 (c.18)
71The Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1972 has effect subject...
72In section 7(5B) (powers of magistrates’ court on confirming provisional...
73(1) Section 8 (enforcement of maintenance order registered in United...
74(1) Section 9(1ZA) (application of section 60 of the Magistrates’...
75(1) Section 23 (maintenance orders registered in High Court under...
76In section 26 (application for recovery of maintenance in convention...
77In section 27B (sending application to the appropriate magistrates’ court),...
78(1) Section 27C (application for recovery of maintenance in England...
79(1) Section 32 (transfer of orders) is amended as follows....
80In section 34(3) (application from abroad to vary a registered...
81(1) Section 34A (variation of orders by magistrates’ courts) is...
The Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (c.18)
82(1) Section 38 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (orders...
The Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973 (c.62)
83The Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973 has effect subject...
84In section 1B(5)(b) (memorandum of conviction in magistrates’ court), for...
85In section 26(5) and (7) (suspended sentence supervision orders), for...
The Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975 (c.51)
86(1) Schedule 4 to the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act...
The Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976 (c.32)
87(1) Schedule 3 to the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976...
The Adoption Act 1976 (c.36)
88In section 58A(3) of the Adoption Act 1976 (duty of...
The Bail Act 1976 (c.63)
89In section 6(9)(c)(i) of the Bail Act 1976 (certification of...
The Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates’ Courts Act 1978 (c.22)
90The Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates’ Courts Act 1978 has effect...
91In section 20ZA(3) (variation of orders for periodical payments to...
92In section 32(2) (enforcement of orders for payment of money),...
93(1) Section 35 (orders for repayment of sums paid after...
The Licensed Premises (Exclusion of Certain Persons) Act 1980 (c.32)
94(1) Section 4 of the Licensed Premises (Exclusion of Certain...
The Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c.43)
95The Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 has effect subject to the...
96In section 6(5) (clerk to display details of cases committed...
97In section 12 (non-appearance of accused: plea of guilty), in...
98(1) Section 14 (avoidance of certain proceedings) is amended as...
99(1) Section 59 (orders for periodical payment: means of payment)...
100(1) Section 59A (orders for periodical payments: proceedings by clerk)...
101In section 60(5) (variation of order to provide that payments...
102In section 61(1)(b) (rules about apportionment of sums paid to...
103In section 62(1)(ii) (proceedings by clerk for sums payable to...
104In section 82(5A) (clerk to serve notice of hearing to...
105(1) Section 87 (enforcement of payment of fines by High...
106(1) Section 87A (fines imposed on companies) is amended as...
107In section 89(2) (transfer of fine order: functions of clerk...
108In section 90(3) (functions of clerk in relation to payment...
109In section 91(1) (functions of clerk in relation to payment...
110In section 95(3) (instalments: powers of the court in relation...
111In section 97A(9), (10) and (11) (summons or warrant as...
112In section 99 (proof of non-payment of sum adjudged)—
113In section 114 (payment to clerk of fees and recognizances...
114(1) Section 137 (fees) is amended as follows.
115In section 139 (application by clerk of money received on...
116In section 144(1) (rules about procedure and practice to be...
117In Schedule 6 (fees), in the heading to Part I...
The Highways Act 1980 (c.66)
118In section 47(6) of the Highways Act 1980 (notification by...
The Betting and Gaming Duties Act 1981 (c.63)
119The Betting and Gaming Duties Act 1981 has effect subject...
120(1) Paragraph 15 of Schedule 1 (enforcement of betting duty)...
121(1) Paragraph 15 of Schedule 4 (register of permits) is...
The Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (c.27)
122(1) Section 5 of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act...
The Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c.48)
123(1) Section 18 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (order...
The Licensing (Occasional Permissions) Act 1983 (c.24)
124In section 2(2), (3), (4) and (5) of the Licensing...
The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c.60)
125The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 has effect subject...
126In section 16(10) and (11) (warrants to be returned to...
127In section 47(3A)(b) (date for appearance on granting of bail),...
128(1) Section 73 (proof of conviction) is amended as follows....
The Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (c.23)
129The Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 has effect subject to...
130In section 7(4) (justices’ clerk to send to Director of...
131In section 23(3), (7) and (8) (discontinuance of proceedings by...
The Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol etc.) Act 1985 (c.57)
132In section 4(6) of the Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol...
The Insolvency Act 1986 (c.45)
133In sections 9(1) and 124(1) of the Insolvency Act 1986...
The Public Order Act 1986 (c.64)
134In section 34(1) and (2) of the Public Order Act...
The Coroners Act 1988 (c.13)
135In sections 16(1)(a) and 17(1) of the Coroners Act 1988...
The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c.33)
136The Criminal Justice Act 1988 has effect subject to the...
137In section 41(10) and (11)(a) (clerk of magistrates’ court to...
138In section 67(1) (clerk to be notified of fine imposed...
139In section 81(3) to (9) (application of proceeds of realisation...
The Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (c.53)
140The Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 has effect subject to...
141(1) Section 7 (duty of accused to provide licence to...
142In sections 8(a) and 25(2)(a) (notification to clerk of date...
143(1) Section 26 (interim disqualification) is amended as follows.
144(1) Section 27 (production of licence) is amended as follows....
145(1) Section 34B (certificate of completion of course) is amended...
146In section 34C(2) (interpretation), after the definition of “petty sessions...
147In section 52(3)(c) (fixed penalty notice to specify justices’ clerk...
148(1) Section 69 (payment of fixed penalty) is amended as...
149In section 70(4)(a) (registration certificate to be sent to clerk...
150(1) Section 71 (registration of sums payable in default) is...
151In sections 72(1) and (6) and 73(1)(b) and (7) (invalidity...
152(1) Section 74 (supplementary) is amended as follows.
153In section 75(6) (definition of “fixed penalty clerk” for purposes...
154In section 82(2) (accounting where one clerk acts for another),...
155In section 83(1)(b) (powers where clerk of court deceived), after...
156In section 84(c) (power to make regulations prescribing duties of...
The Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989 (c.4)
157(1) Schedule 4 to the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions)...
The Football Spectators Act 1989 (c.37)
158In sections 7(7)(b) and 18(1) of the Football Spectators Act...
The Children Act 1989 (c.41)
159The Children Act 1989 has effect subject to the following...
160In section 83(5) (clerk to provide particulars of proceedings), for...
161In paragraph 6A(3) of Schedule 1 (variation of order to...
162In paragraph 24(6) of Schedule 2 (signature of clerk as...
The Criminal Procedure (Insanity and Unfitness to Plead) Act 1991 (c.25)
163(1) Schedule 2 to the Criminal Procedure (Insanity and Unfitness...
The Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c.53)
164The Criminal Justice Act 1991 has effect subject to the...
165In section 20A(2) (official request is one made by clerk),...
166(1) Schedule 2 (enforcement etc. of community orders) is amended...
The Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c.5)
167The Social Security Administration Act 1992 has effect subject to...
168In section 107(5) and (11) (recovery of expenditure on income...
169In section 121(1)(b) (receipt of statement by clerk), for “clerk...
The Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993 (c.9)
170In section 14(5)(b) of the Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland)...
The Pension Schemes Act 1993 (c.48)
171In section 68(1)(b) of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 (receipt...
The Drug Trafficking Act 1994 (c.37)
172In section 30(4) to (8) of the Drug Trafficking Act...
The Road Traffic (New Drivers) Act 1995 (c.13)
173(1) Paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the Road Traffic...
The Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (c.21)
174(1) Section 68 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (power...
The Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (c.46)
175In section 234(9) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995...
The Reserve Forces Act 1996 (c.14)
176The Reserve Forces Act 1996 has effect subject to the...
177(1) Paragraph 7 of Schedule 2 (delivery into military, air-force...
178(1) Paragraph 9 of Schedule 3 (proof of outcome of...
The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c.37)
179(1) Schedule 3 to the Crime and Disorder Act 1998...
SCHEDULE 14 Transitional provisions and savings
Part I General
1(1) The Lord Chancellor may by order made by statutory...
Part II Legal Services Commission
Replacement of Legal Aid Board by Legal Services Commission
2(1) When section 1 of this Act comes into force—...
3(1) Anything which, immediately before section 1 of this Act...
4Where rights and liabilities under a contract of employment are...
5(1) Any arrangements made by the Legal Aid Board under...
Winding-down of Legal Aid Board
6(1) The Legal Aid Board shall give to the Legal...
Abolition of Legal Aid Board
7(1) The Legal Aid Board shall cease to exist when...
Further provision for Legal Aid Board and Legal Services Commission
8(1) The Lord Chancellor may by order made by statutory...
Funding of representation by Lord Chancellor
9(1) Until such date as the Lord Chancellor may by...
Part III Legal services
Conditional fee agreements
10Any order made under section 58(4) or (5) of the...
11Any regulations made under section 58(1)(c) of the Courts and...
Legal aid in Scotland
12If section 33 of this Act comes into force before...
Abolition of ACLEC
13The Lord Chancellor may by order made by statutory instrument...
Regulations and rules for barristers and solicitors
14(1) For the purposes of section 27 of the Courts...
15Where a person was called to the Bar or admitted...
Existing rights of solicitors in certain Crown Court centres
16(1) If section 36 of this Act comes into force...
Authorised bodies
17(1) An Order in Council made pursuant to a recommendation...
Part IV Reporting of proceedings about children
18Section 97(2) of the Children Act 1989 (as amended by...
Part V Magistrates and magistrates’ courts
Commission areas
19The first order under section 1 of the Justices of...
Petty sessions areas
20The first order under section 4 of the Justices of...
Lord Mayor and aldermen of City of London
21The person who is the Lord Mayor of London, and...
District Judges (Magistrates’ Courts): appointment
22Any person who is a stipendiary magistrate or a metropolitan...
23Any person who, immediately before the time when section 78...
District Judges (Magistrates’ Courts): pensions
24(1) For the purposes specified in sub-paragraph (2), a person...
District Judges (Magistrates’ Courts): retirement
25For the purposes of section 26 of and Schedule 7...
District Judges (Magistrates’ Courts): legal aid
26If paragraph 36 of Schedule 11 to this Act comes...
Committals for sentence
27Section 79 of, and Part V(4) of Schedule 15 to,...
Youth courts
28(1) Subject to any order under paragraph 6 of the...
Magistrates’ courts committee areas
29The first order under section 27A(2) of the Justices of...
Magistrates’ courts committees in Greater London
30(1) From the end of the period of two months...
31(1) If section 78 of this Act has not come...
The Greater London Magistrates’ Courts Authority
32(1) The Lord Chancellor may by order made by statutory...
Schemes for transfer of property etc. to GLMCA
33(1) The Lord Chancellor may make one or more schemes...
Stamp duty on transfer schemes
34(1) Stamp duty shall not be chargeable—
Transfer schemes: stamp duty land tax
34A(1) For the purposes of stamp duty land tax, a...
Continuing provision of court-houses, accommodation etc
35(1) The Lord Chancellor may by regulations provide that any...
Pensions of inner London court staff
36(1) The Lord Chancellor may by order made by statutory...
Justices’ chief executives
37(1) If section 90 of this Act comes into force...
SCHEDULE 15 Repeals and revocations
Part I Legal Services Commission
Part II Provision of legal services
Part III Appeals, courts, judges and court proceedings
Part IV Enforcement of community orders
Part V Magistrates and magistrates’ courts
Part VI Immunity and indemnity

Access to Justice Act 1999

1999 c. 22

An Act to establish the Legal Services Commission, the Community Legal Service and the Criminal Defence Service; to amend the law of legal aid in Scotland; to make further provision about legal services; to make provision about appeals, courts, judges and court proceedings; to amend the law about magistrates and magistrates’ courts; and to make provision about immunity from action and costs and indemnities for certain officials exercising judicial functions.

C1Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1

Act extended (22.5.2000) by S.I. 2000/1119, reg. 14, Sch. 3 Pt. I