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2004 No.2066 (C.88)

SUPREME COURT OF ENGLAND AND WALES

MAGISTRATES' COURTS, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Courts Act 2003 (Commencement No. 6 and Savings) Order 2004

  Made 18th July 2004 

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 108(6) and 110 of the Courts Act 2003[1] hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and interpretation
     1.  - (1) This Order may be cited as the Courts Act 2003 (Commencement No. 6 and Savings) Order 2004.

    (2) In this Order, unless the context requires otherwise, a reference to a section or Schedule by number alone is to the section or Schedule so numbered in the Courts Act 2003.

Commencement of provisions in the Courts Act 2003
    
2. Subject to article 3, the following provisions come into force on 1st September 2004 - 

Saving
     3. The amendment or repeal of any enactment, coming into effect under article 2(c) or (d), shall not affect the operation of that enactment in relation to rules of court other than Criminal Procedure Rules during the period between 1st September 2004 and the coming into force of the first Criminal Procedure Rules made under section 69 of the Courts Act 2003.



Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor


Christopher Leslie
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs

Dated 18th July 2004



EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)


This Order brings into force on 1st September 2004 section 6(3) and Schedule 2 (abolition of magistrates' courts committees: transfers), section 69 (Criminal Procedure Rules), section 72 (process for making Criminal Procedure Rules) and section 73 (power to amend legislation in connection with the rules) of the Courts Act 2003.

It also brings into force on 1st September 2004 a number of minor consequential amendments and repeals in Schedules 8 and 10 to the Courts Act 2003, relating to the establishment of the Criminal Procedure Rule Committee and the making of Criminal Procedure Rules. But the amendment or repeal of any enactment, by those provisions, shall not affect the operation of that enactment in relation to rules of court other than Criminal Procedure Rules during the period between 1st September 2004 and the coming into force of the first Criminal Procedure Rules.



NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS

(This note is not part of the Order)


The following provisions of the Courts Act 2003 have been, or are to be, brought into force by commencement order made before the date of this Order:

Provision Date of Commencement S.I. No.
section 4 1.6.04 2004/798
section 62 26.1.04 2003/3345
section 63 26.1.04 2003/3345
section 64 26.1.04 2003/3345
section 66 (partially) 26.1.04 2003/3345
section 67 26.1.04 2003/3345
section 68 26.1.04 2003/3345
section 70 26.1.04 2003/3345
section 71 26.1.04 2003/3345
section 74 26.1.04 2003/3345
section 77 26.1.04 2003/3345
section 78 26.1.04 2003/3345
section 81 26.1.04 2003/3345
section 83 26.1.04 2003/3345
section 84 26.1.04 2003/3345
section 86 1.5.04 2004/1104
section 87 1.5.04 2004/1104
section 93 1.2.04 2004/174
section 95 5.4.04 2004/174
section 96 5.4.04 2004/174
section 97 (partially) 23.2.04 2004/174
section 97 (partially) 29.3.04 2004/174
section 97 (partially) 5.4.04 2004/174
section 97 (partially) 1.5.04 2004/1104
section 98 (partially) 26.1.04 2003/3345
section 99 15.3.04 2004/401
section 102 26.1.04 2003/3345
section 103 1.5.04 2004/1104
section 104 1.5.04 2004/1104
section 106 1.5.04 2004/1104
Schedule 1 1.6.04 2004/798
Schedule 5 (partially) 23.2.04 2004/174
Schedule 5 (partially) 29.3.04 2004/174
Schedule 5 (remainder) 5.4.04 2004/174
Schedule 6 (and section 97(2) in so far as it relates to the paragraph specified below) paragraph 1(2) (partially) 1.5.04 2004/1104
Schedule 7 15.3.04 2004/401
Schedule 8 (and section 109(1)) (partially) 1.2.04 2004/174
Schedule 8 (and section 109(1)) (partially) 15.3.04 2004/401
Schedule 9 (and section 109(2) insofar as it relates to the paragraph specified below) paragraph 15 (partially) 23.2.04 2004/174
paragraph 15 (partially) 29.3.04 2004/174
paragraph 15 (remainder) 5.4.04 2004/174
Schedule 10 (and section 109(3)) (partially) 26.1.04 2003/3345
Schedule 10 (and section 109(3)) (partially) 15.3.04 2004/401
Schedule 10 (and section 109(3)) (partially) 1.5.04 2004/1104


Notes:

[1] 2003 c. 39.back

[2] 1915 c. 90.back

[3] 1925 c. 86.back

[4] 1948 c. 58.back

[5] 1960 c. 16.back

[6] 1965 c. 45.back

[7] S.I. 2003/3103, amended by S.I. 2003/3258 and S.I. 2003/3312.back

[8] 1965 c. 69.back

[9] 1971 c. 32.back

[10] 1974 c. 23.back

[11] 1976 c. 63.back

[12] 1977 c. 45.back

[13] 1980 c. 43.back

[14] 1984 c. 60.back

[15] 1985 c. 23.back

[16] 1989 c. 33.back

[17] S.I. 2003/3103, amended by S.I. 2003/3258 and S.I. 2003/3312.back

[18] 1992 c. 5.back

[19] 1994 c. 22.back

[20] 1994 c. 37.back

[21] 1996 c. 25.back

[22] 1999 c. 23.back

[23] 2000 c. 11.back

[24] 2001 c. 17.back

[25] 2002 c. 29.back

[26] 1925 c. 86; section 33(4) was amended by the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43), section 154 and Schedule 7, paragraph 5.back

[27] 1971 c. 32; a relevant amendment was made to section 25(1) by the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43), section 154 and Schedule 7, paragraph 101(a).back

[28] 1980 c. 43; a relevant amendment was made to section 145 by the Access to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22), section 80(2).back

[29] 1981 c. 54.back

[30] 1999 c. 22.back



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