The United Nations (International Tribunals) (Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda) (Amendment) Order 2000

• Citation: S.I. 2000/1342
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation, commencement and extent

(1) This Order may be cited as the United Nations (International Tribunals) (Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda) (Amendment) Order 2000 and shall come into force on the day on which section 78 of the Access to Justice Act 1999 comes into force.

(2) This Order extends to the United Kingdom.

Section 2 Amendment of 1996 Orders

In article 2(1) (Interpretation) of the United Nations (International Tribunal) (Former Yugoslavia) Order 1996 and in article 2(1) (Interpretation) of the United Nations (International Tribunal) (Rwanda) Order 1996 —

(i) in the definition of “appropriate judicial officer”, for the words:

(a) the chief metropolitan stipendiary magistrate,

(b) a metropolitan stipendiary magistrate designated for the purposes of this Order by the Lord Chancellor, or

there shall be substituted the words:

(a) the Senior District Judge (Chief Magistrate),

(b) a District Judge (Magistrates' Courts) designated by the Senior District Judge (Chief Magistrate) for the purposes of this Order, or