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Statutory Instruments

2021 No. 459

Magistrates’ Courts, England And Wales

The Magistrates’ Courts (Amendment) Rules 2021

Made

8th April 2021

Laid before Parliament

13th April 2021

Coming into force

4th May 2021

The Lord Chief Justice makes the following Rules in exercise of the powers conferred by section 144 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980(1), with the concurrence of the Lord Chancellor.

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1980 c. 43; section 144 was amended by section 109(1) and (3) and paragraphs 245(1), (2) and (5) of Schedule 8 and Schedule 10 to the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), section 15(1) and paragraphs 99 and 102 of Schedule 4 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), section 208(1) and paragraphs 42 and 43(b) of Schedule 21 to the Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), section 17(6) and paragraphs 39, 52 and 99 of Schedule 10 to the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), section 3 and paragraph 10 of the Schedule to the Courts and Tribunals (Judiciary and Functions of Staff) Act 2018 (c. 33) and S.I. 2012/2398.

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