The Magistrates' Courts Rules 1981

[F1 Exclusion of requirement for notice of hearsay evidence E+W

23.   Section 2(1) of the Civil Evidence Act 1995 (notice of proposal to adduce hearsay evidence) does not apply on an application for a domestic abuse protection order under section 28 of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (domestic abuse protection orders on application).]

Textual Amendments

F1 Rules 17-23 and cross-heading (previously omitted by virtue of S.I. 2021/626, rule 2(12)(c)(d)) inserted (8.4.2024) by The Magistrates’ Courts (Amendment) Rules 2024 (S.I. 2024/254), rules 1(2), 2(6)