Statutory Instruments

1981 No. 552 (L. 1)

MAGISTRATES' COURTS

PROCEDURE

The Magistrates' Courts Rules 1981

Made

20th March 1981

Laid before Parliament

8th April 1981

Coming into Operation

6th July 1981

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the power conferred on him by section 144 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980(1), as extended by section 145 of that Act, after consultation with the Rule Committee appointed under the said section 144, hereby makes the following Rules:—