- Statutory Instrument 2003 No. 1241 (C.59)
The Access to Justice Act 1999 (Commencement No. 10) Order 2003
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| Made | 30th April 2003 |
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 108(1) of the Access to Justice Act 1999[1], makes the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the Access to Justice Act 1999 (Commencement No. 10) Order 2003.
2. Section 31 of the Access to Justice Act 1999 shall come into force on 2nd June 2003.
Irvine of Lairg,
C.
Dated 30th April 2003
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force on 2nd June 2003 section 31 of the Access to Justice Act 1999. This section amends section 51(2) of the Supreme Court Act 1981, allowing rules of court to be made "for securing that the amount awarded to a party in respect of the costs to be paid by him to [legal or other] representatives is not limited to what would have been payable by him to them if he had not been awarded costs" - in other words, rules which limit or regulate the so-called indemnity principle. Amendments to this effect have been made to the Civil Procedure Rules 1998.
(This note is not part of the Order)
The following provisions of the Access to Justice Act 1999 have been brought into force by commencement orders before the date of this Order:
| Provision | Date of Commencement | Statutory Instrument No. |
| Sections 36, 40, 42, 46 and 49 | 27.9.1999 | 1999/2657 |
| Section 43 and Schedule 6 (partially) | 27.9.1999 | 1999/2657 |
| Section 48 and Schedule 7 | 27.9.1999 | 1999/2657 |
| Section 66 and Schedule 9 | 27.9.1999 | 1999/2657 |
| Section 67(2) (in certain areas only) | 27.9.1999 | 1999/2657 |
| Section 83(1) (partially) | 27.9.1999 | 1999/2657 |
| Section 83(3) and Schedule 12 (partially) | 27.9.1999 | 1999/2657 |
| Sections 88 and 89 | 27.9.1999 | 1999/2657 |
| Section 105 | 27.9.1999 | 1999/2657 |
| Section 106 and Schedule 15 (partially) | 27.9.1999 | 1999/2657 |
| Section 53 | 1.11.1999 | 1999/2657 |
| Section 106 and Schedule 15 (partially) | 1.11.1999 | 1999/2657 |
| Section 79 | 12.11.1999 | 1999/2657 |
| Section 106 and Schedule 15 (partially) | 12.11.1999 | 1999/2657 |
| Section 35 | 1.1.2000 | 1999/3344 |
| Section 41 and Schedule 5 | 1.1.2000 | 1999/3344 |
| Section 43 and Schedule 6 (partially) | 1.1.2000 | 1999/3344 |
| Section 71 | 1.1.2000 | 1999/3344 |
| Section 85 | 1.1.2000 | 1999/3344 |
| Section 106 and Schedule 15 (partially) | 1.1.2000 | 1999/3344 |
| Section 83(1) (partially) | 1.3.2000 | 1999/3344 |
| Section 83(3) and Schedule 12 (partially) | 1.3.2000 | 1999/3344 |
| Section 1 and Schedule 1 | 1.4.2000 | 2000/774 |
| Sections 2 to 5 | 1.4.2000 | 2000/774 |
| Section 6 and Schedule 2 | 1.4.2000 | 2000/774 |
| Sections 7 to 11 and 19 to 23 | 1.4.2000 | 2000/774 |
| Section 24 and Schedule 4 (partially) | 1.4.2000 | 2000/774 |
| Sections 25 and 26 | 1.4.2000 | 2000/774 |
| Sections 27, 29 and 30 | 1.4.2000 | 2000/774 |
| Section 106 and Schedule 15 (partially) | 1.4.2000 | 2000/774 |
| Sections 37, 38 and 39 | 31.7.2000 | 2000/1920 |
| Section 44 | 31.7.2000 | 2000/1920 |
| Section 106 and Schedule 15 (partially) | 31.7.2000 | 2000/1920 |
| Section 78 and Schedule 11 | 31.8.2000 | 2000/1920 |
| Section 83(2) (partially) | 31.8.2000 | 2000/1920 |
| Section 106 and Schedule 15 (partially) | 31.8.2000 | 2000/1920 |
| Section 67(2) (partially) | 8.1.2001 | 2000/3280 |
| Sections 92 to 95 | 8.1.2001 | 2000/3280 |
| Section 106 and Schedule 15 (partially) | 8.1.2001 | 2000/3280 |
| Sections 96 and 97 | 19.2.2001 | 2001/168 |
| Section 106 and Schedule 15 (partially) | 19.2.2001 | 2001/168 |
| Section 83 and Schedule 12 (partially) | 1.4.2001 | 2001/916 |
| Section 90 and Schedule 13 | 1.4.2001 | 2001/916 |
| Section 91 | 1.4.2001 | 2001/916 |
| Sections 98, 99 and 100 | 1.4.2001 | 2001/916 |
| Sections 101, 102 and 103 (in relation to England and Wales and Northern Ireland only) | 1.4.2001 | 2001/916 |
| Section 106 and Schedule 15 (partially) | 1.4.2001 | 2001/916 |
| Sections 12 to 18 and Schedule 3 | 2.4.2001 | 2001/916 |
| Section 24 and Schedule 4 (partially) | 2.4.2001 | 2001/916 |
| Section 106 and Schedule 15 (partially) | 2.4.2001 | 2001/916 |
| Section 47 | 25.5.2001 | 2001/1655 |
| Sections 101, 102 and 103 (in relation to Scotland only) | 31.3.2003 | 2003/207 |
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