Statutory Instruments
2001 No. 2269 (L. 26)
MAGISTRATES' COURTS, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Justices' Clerks (Qualifications of Assistants) (Amendment) Rules 2001
Made
21st June 2001
Laid before Parliament
21st June 2001
Coming into force
13th July 2001
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by subsection (1) of section 144 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980( 1 ) as extended by section 44(3) of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997( 2 ), after consultation with the Rule Committee appointed under the said section 144, makes the following Rules:
Citation and commencement
1. These Rules may be cited as the Justices' Clerks (Qualifications of Assistants) (Amendment) Rules 2001 and shall come into force on 13th July 2001.
Interpretation
2. In these Rules, “the Rules” means the Justices' Clerks (Qualifications of Assistants) Rules 1979( 3 ), and a reference to a rule by number alone means the rule so numbered in the Rules.
Transitional Provisions
3. These Rules shall apply to any person employed as a clerk in court whenever so employed.
Amendments to the Justices' Clerks (Qualifications of Assistants) Rules 1979
4. The following provisions of the Rules shall be omitted—
(a) in rule 2(1), the definitions of “Joint Negotiating Committee” and “preliminary professional examination”;
(b) in rule 2A(1)(a), the words “provided that no more than three calendar months have elapsed between any two successive periods of employment”;
(c) rule 2A(2);
(d) in rule 3, the reference to rule 5; and
(e) rule 5.
5. In rule 6, the words “rules 3 to 4 above” shall be substituted for the words “rules 3 to 5 above”.
Irvine of Lairg, C.
21st June 2001
S.I. 1979/570 ; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1998/3107 and 1999/2814 .