The Access to Justice Act 1999 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2001

• Citation: S.I. 2001/168
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Access to Justice Act 1999 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2001 and shall come into force on the day following that on which it is made.

Section 2 Commencement of Access to Justice Act 1999

The following provisions of the Access to Justice Act 1999 shall come into force on 19th February 2001—

(a) sections 96 and 97;

(b) in Part V of Schedule 15 (repeals), all entries in the table headed “(8) Warrants” to the extent that they are not already in force;

(c) section 106, so far as it relates to those entries.

Section 3 Transitional provisions

(1) This article applies where—

(a) a warrant of arrest, commitment, detention or distress is issued by a justice of the peace at any time before 8th January 2001,

(b) the warrant has not been executed before 19th February 2001, and

(c) if the warrant had been issued on 8th January 2001, section 125A(1) of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 would have applied to it.

(2) Where this article applies, section 125D of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 shall apply as if the warrant had been issued on 8th January 2001.