The Litigants in Person (Costs and Expenses) (Magistrates' Courts) Order 2001

• Citation: S.I. 2001/3438
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Litigants in Person (Costs and Expenses) (Magistrates' Courts) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 15th November 2001.

(2) In this Order any reference to a section by number alone refers to the section so numbered in the Litigants in Person (Costs and Expenses) Act 1975.

Section 2 Specification of magistrates' courts

For the purposes of section 1(1) there are specified all magistrates' courts in England and Wales, and accordingly that subsection applies to civil proceedings in or before those courts.

Section 3 Rules of court

In section 1 “rules of court”, in relation to magistrates' courts in England and Wales, shall mean rules made under section 144 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 .