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2001 No. 168 (C.9)

MAGISTRATES' COURTS, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Access to Justice Act 1999 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2001

  Made 24th January 2001 
  Coming into force in accordance with article 1

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 108(1) of and paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 14 to the Access to Justice Act 1999[1], makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement
     1. This Order may be cited as the Access to Justice Act 1999 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2001 and shall come into force on the day following that on which it is made.

Commencement of Access to Justice Act 1999
     2. The following provisions of the Access to Justice Act 1999 shall come into force on 19th February 2001 - 

Transitional provisions
     3.  - (1) This article applies where - 

    (2) Where this article applies, section 125D of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 shall apply as if the warrant had been issued on 8th January 2001.



Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor


Jane Kennedy
Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department

Dated 24th January 2001


EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)


This Order brings sections 96 and 97 of the Access to Justice Act 1999 into force on 19th February 2001, together with associated repeals. These provisions relate to the execution of warrants issued by justices of the peace.

Section 96 inserts a new section 125D into the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980, which provides that certain warrants may be executed by a person even though the warrant is not in his possession at the time.

Section 97 amends the Maintenance Orders Act 1958[3] and sections 83, 86(4) and 125(1) of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 to make provision for the cessation of warrants.


NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS

(This note is not part of the Order)


Provision Date of commencement S.I. No.
Sections 36, 40, 42, 46 and 49 27.9.1999 1999/2657
Section 43 and Schedule 6 (partially)    
Section 48 and Schedule 7    
Section 66 and Schedule 9    
Section 67(2) (in certain areas only)    
Section 83(1) (partially)    
Section 83(3) and Schedule 12 (partially)    
Sections 88 and 89    
Section 105    
Section 106 and Schedule 15 (partially)    
Section 53 1.11.1999  
Section 106 and Schedule 15 (partially)    
Section 79 12.11.1999  
Section 106 and Schedule 15 (partially)    
Section 35 1.1.2000 1999/3344
Section 41 and Schedule 5    
Section 43 and Schedule 6 (partially)    
Section 71    
Section 85    
Section 106 and Schedule 15 (partially)    
Section 83(1) (partially) 1.3.2000  
Section 83(3) and Schedule 12 (partially)    
Section 1 and Schedule 1 1.4.2000 2000/774
Sections 2 to 5    
Section 6 and Schedule 2    
Sections 7 to 11 and 19 to 23    
Section 24 and Schedule 4 (partially)    
Sections 25 and 26    
Sections 27, 29 and 30    
Section 106 and Schedule 15 (partially)    
Sections 37, 38 and 39 31.7.2000 2000/1920
Section 44    
Section 106 and Schedule 15 (partially)    
Section 78 and Schedule 11 31.8.2000  
Section 83(2) (partially)    
Section 106 and Schedule 15 (partially)    
Section 67(2) (partially) 8.1.2001 2000/3280
Sections 92 to 95    
Section 106 and Schedule 15 (partially)    

Notes:

[1] 1999 c. 22.back

[2] 1980 c. 43. Section 125A was inserted by section 92 of the Access to Justice Act 1999 with effect from 8th January 2001, and section 125D is inserted by section 96 of the same Act, which is brought into force by this Order. back

[3] 1958 c. 39.back


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 © Crown copyright 2001

Prepared 8 February 2001

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