Statutory Instruments
2001 No. 164 (L.1)
MAGISTRATES' COURTS, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Magistrates' Courts (Civilian Enforcement Officers) Rules 2001
Made
24th January 2001
Laid before Parliament
26th January 2001
Coming into force
19th February 2001
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 125A(2) and 144 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980( 1 ), as extended by section 145 of that Act, and after consultation with the rule committee constituted by section 144 of that Act, makes the following Rules:
Citation and commencement
1. These Rules may be cited as the Magistrates' Courts (Civilian Enforcement Officers) Rules 2001 and shall come into force on 19th February 2001.
Amendments to the Magistrates' Courts (Civilian Fine Enforcement Officers) (No. 2) Rules 1990
2. The Magistrates' Courts (Civilian Fine Enforcement Officers) (No. 2) Rules 1990( 2 ) shall be re-named as the Magistrates' Courts (Civilian Enforcement Officers) Rules 1990.
3. —(1) Rule 3(1) of the Magistrates' Courts (Civilian Enforcement Officers) Rules 1990 shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this rule.
(2) For “125” there shall be substituted “125A”.
(3) The words from “and subsection (2)(a)” to “conviction)” shall be omitted.
(4) In sub-paragraph (b), for “within the area for which the authority in question performs its functions” there shall be substituted “throughout England and Wales”.
Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor
Jane Kennedy
Parliamentary Secretary,
Lord Chancellor’s Department
Dated 24th January 2001
1980 c. 43 . Section 125A was inserted by section 92 of the Access to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22) .
S.I. 1990/2260 .