Statutory Instruments
2003 No. 638 (L. 11)
MAGISTRATES' COURTS, ENGLAND AND WALES
PROCEDURE
The Magistrates' Courts (Detention and Forfeiture of Cash) (Amendment) Rules 2003
Made
6th March 2003
Laid before Parliament
10th March 2003
Coming into force
31st March 2003
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 144 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980( 1 ), after consultation with the Rule Committee appointed under the said section 144, hereby makes the following Rules:
1. These Rules may be cited as the Magistrates' Courts (Detention and Forfeiture of Cash) (Amendment) Rules 2003 and shall come into force on 31st March 2003.
2. —(1) The Magistrates' Courts (Detention and Forfeiture of Cash) Rules 2002( 2 ) are amended as follows.
(2) After rule 11, there is inserted—
“ Jurisdiction of magistrates' courts
12. For the purposes of section 52 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 ( 3 ) , any magistrates' court to which an application is made under these Rules has jurisdiction to hear that application, whether or not the application relates to a matter arising within the commission area for which the court is appointed. ” .
Irvine of Lairg, C.
6th March 2003
Section 52 was amended by Part V of Schedule 15 to the Access to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22) .