The Courts Act 2003 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2004

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(a) section 86 (Alteration of place fixed for Crown Court trial);

(b) section 87 (Appeals to Court of Appeal: procedural directions);

(c) section 97 (Collection of fines and discharge of fines by unpaid work), in so far as it relates to the provision referred to in sub-paragraph (d);

(d) in paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 6 (Discharge of fines by unpaid work), the entries relating to "the prescribed hourly sum" and "regulations";

(e) section 103 (Official Solicitor of Northern Ireland);

(f) section 104 (Alteration of place fixed for Crown Court trial: Northern Ireland);

(g) section 106 (Fees: Northern Ireland);

(h) in Schedule 10 (Repeals), the entries relating to - 


(i) sections 48(4), 70(2), 73(1), (2) and Schedule 3 of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978[2];

(ii) section 76(4) of the Supreme Court Act 1981[3];

(iii) Schedules 1 and 5 to the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993[4];

(iv) section 18(9) of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002[5]; and



(i) section 109(3) to the extent necessary for those repeals.

Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor


Christopher Leslie
Parliamentary Under Secretary Department for Constitutional Affairs

4th April 2004

[2] 1978 c. 23.back

[3] 1981 c. 54.back

[4] 1993 c. 8.back

[5] 2002 c. 26.back