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Statutory Instruments

2007 No. 3011

magistrates’ courts, england and wales

The Magistrates’ Courts Warrants (Specifications of Provisions) (Amendment) Order 2007

Made

20th October 2007

Laid before Parliament

23rd October 2007

Coming into force

3rd December 2007

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 125A(3) of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980(1), makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Magistrates’ Courts Warrants (Specification of Provisions) (Amendment) Order 2007 and shall come into force on 3 December 2007.

Amendment to the Magistrates’ Courts Warrants (Specification of Provisions) Order 2000

2.  In article 2 of the Magistrates’ Courts Warrants (Specification of Provisions) Order 2000(2), after paragraph (e) insert—

(ee) in the Criminal Justice Act 2003(3)—

(i) paragraph 7 of Schedule 8;

(ii) paragraph 8 of Schedule 8;

Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor

Maria Eagle

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Ministry of Justice

20th October 2007

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

Sections 125A to 125D of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980, as inserted by section 92, 93, 94 and 96 of the Access to Justice Act 1999, make provision for the enforcement of warrants issued under statutory provisions specified by order. This Order amends the Magistrates’ Courts Warrants (Specification of Provisions) Order 2000 which specifies such provisions.

(1)

1980 c. 43, section 125A(3) was amended by article 8 of, and paragraph 5 of the Schedule to, the Secretary of State for Justice Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2128). Back [1]

(2)

S.I. 2000/3278, amended by S.I. 2004/1835. Back [2]