The Contracting Out (Administrative and Other Court Staff) Order 2001

• Citation: S.I. 2001/3698
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Contracting Out (Administrative and Other Court Staff) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 10th December 2001.

Section 2 Contracting out of functions

The Lord Chancellor may enter into contracts with such persons as he sees fit for the provision for the purposes mentioned in section 27(1) of the Courts Act 1971, by those persons or by sub-contractors of theirs, of officers and staff for the Supreme Court and for county courts in England and Wales.

Section 3 Contracting out of functions

The Lord Chancellor may enter into contracts with such persons as he sees fit for the provision by those persons or by sub-contractors of theirs of officers and staff for carrying out the administrative work of—

(a) the Commissioners for the special purposes of the Income Tax Acts; and

(b) in England and Wales, any tribunal constituted in accordance with Schedule 12 to the Value Added Tax Act 1994.