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UK Act of Parliament
1999
United Kingdom
Access to Justice Act 1999
At a glance
What's here
5 compliance obligations, 2 practical guides across 2 topics · 2 journeys
Penalty landscape
1 of 5 obligations carry an unlimited fine. 4 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.
Who this Act binds
Business-side actors with duties under this Act, ranked by how often they appear.
- Any Person 4
- Trader 1
Step-by-step journeys using this legislation
Walkthroughs that take you from a real business situation to compliance.
Quick check: Northern Ireland-specific requirements
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Relevant guidance
Practical guides for businesses affected by this Act, ordered by how closely they engage with it.
Direct — cites this Act
1 guidesMentioned in related content
1 guidesOther Acts binding the same actors
For each actor bound by this Act, the other UK Acts that bind them most often. Useful for understanding the full compliance landscape facing each role.
Any Person also bound by 749 other Acts (top 5 shown)
- Human Medicines Regulations 2012 2012 110 duties
- Licensing Act 2003 2003 105 duties
- Merchant Shipping Act 1995 1995 97 duties
- Road Traffic Act 1988 1988 95 duties
- Air Navigation Order 2016 2016 86 duties
Traders also bound by 219 other Acts (top 5 shown)
- Value Added Tax Regulations 1995 1995 952 duties
- TULRCA 1992 1992 39 duties
- Companies Act 2006 2006 39 duties
- Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013 2013 39 duties
- The Customs (Import Duty) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 2018 33 duties
What this Act requires
Sections that create concrete duties on businesses or carry penalties. Procedural and definitional sections are folded into the “Browse other sections” expander at the bottom of each group. Click any section title to read the source text on legislation.gov.uk.
Part I — Legal Services Commission
Browse 30 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
Legal Services Commission.
Power to replace Commission with two bodies.
Powers of Commission.
Community Legal Service.
Funding of services.
Services which may be funded.
Individuals for whom services may be funded.
Code about provision of funded services.
Funding code: pilot provisions
Procedure relating to funding code.
Terms of provision of funded services.
Costs in funded cases.
Pilot schemes
Criminal Defence Service.
Advice and assistance.
Representation.
Selection of representative.
Code of conduct.
Terms of provision of funded services.
Contribution orders
Funding.
Pilot schemes
Foreign law.
Restriction of disclosure of information.
Misrepresentation etc.
Position of service providers and other parties etc.
Guidance.
Consequential amendments.
Orders, regulations and directions.
Interpretation.
Part II — Other funding of legal services
Conditional fee agreements.
- Ensure conditional fee agreements are in writing and meet legal requirements Any Person
- Use only compliant conditional fee agreements Trader
Litigation funding agreements.
- Ensure litigation funding agreements are in writing and meet legal standards Any Person
- Ensure litigation funding agreements meet required legal conditions Any Person
Browse 6 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
Recovery of insurance premiums by way of costs.
Recovery where body undertakes to meet costs liabilities.
Rules as to costs.
Regulations about financial limits in certain proceedings.
Recipients of disabled person’s tax credit.
References by Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission.
Part III — Provision of legal services
Browse 19 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
Replacement of ACLEC by Consultative Panel.
Barristers and solicitors.
Rights of audience: employed advocates.
Employees of Legal Services Commission.
Rights of audience: change of authorised body.
Rights to conduct litigation: barristers and legal executives.
Authorised bodies: designation and regulations and rules.
Overriding duties of advocates and litigators.
Minor and consequential amendments.
Barristers employed by solicitors etc.
Fees on application for appointment as Queen’s Counsel.
Bar practising certificates.
Fees for solicitors’ practising certificates.
Law Society’s powers in relation to conduct of solicitors etc.
Powers of Ombudsman.
Funding of Ombudsman by professional bodies.
Commissioner.
Commissioner’s functions.
Abolition of scriveners’ monopoly.
Part IV — Appeals, courts, judges and court proceedings
Browse 20 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
Permission to appeal.
Second appeals.
Power to prescribe alternative destination of appeals.
Assignment of appeals to Court of Appeal.
Criminal appeals: minor amendments.
Composition.
Calling into question of incidental decisions.
Cases stated by Crown Court.
Power to vary committal in default.
Criminal causes and matters.
Contempt of court.
Habeas corpus.
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Time limits where accused sent for trial.
Judges holding office in European or international courts.
Vice-president of Queen’s Bench Division.
Registrar of civil appeals.
Adjournment of inquest in event of judicial inquiry.
Reporting of proceedings relating to children.
Power to allow children to attend criminal proceedings.
Part V — Magistrates and magistrates’ courts
Disclosure of information for enforcing warrants.
Unlimited fine- Disclose warrant information unlawfully Any Person
Browse 23 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
Commission areas.
Petty sessions areas.
Areas: consequential provision.
Youth courts.
Unification and renaming of stipendiary bench.
Justices not to sit on committal for sentence.
Jurisdiction over offences outside area.
Areas outside Greater London.
Constitution of committees outside Greater London.
Greater London Magistrates’ Courts Authority.
Standard goods and services.
Power to direct implementation of inspectors’ recommendations.
Code of conduct.
Qualification for appointment as chief executive.
Role of chief executives.
Independence of clerks and staff exercising legal functions.
Transfer of clerks’ functions to chief executives.
Accounting etc. functions of chief executives.
Civilian enforcement officers.
Approved enforcement agencies.
Warrants of detention.
Execution by person not in possession of warrant.
Cessation of warrants.
Part VI — Immunity and indemnity
Assistant justices’ clerks: immunity from action.
Amended 1 timeGeneral Commissioners: immunity from action.
Amended 1 timeGeneral Commissioners: immunity from costs and expenses.
Amended 1 timeGeneral Commissioners and clerks: indemnity.
Amended 1 timeIndemnity.
Amended 1 timeBrowse 2 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
Part VII — Supplementary
Commencement.
Amended 2 timesBrowse 5 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
Transitional provisions and savings.
Repeals and revocations.
Crown application.
Extent.
Short title.
Schedules
Browse 498 other Schedules — structural / supplementary
Legal Services Commission
The Public Records Act 1958 (c.51)
Rights of audience and rights to conduct litigation
Legal Services Complaints Commissioner
Commission areas and petty sessions areas
Transitional provisions and savings
The Commission shall be a body corporate.
(1) The Commission shall make, in respect of such of...
(1) The Lord Chancellor shall pay to the Commission such...
(1) Subject to anything in any instrument made under this...
(1) The Commission shall provide the Lord Chancellor with such...
(1) The Commission shall provide to the Lord Chancellor ,...
(1) The Commission shall, before the beginning of each financial...
(1) The Commission shall keep accounts and shall prepare in...
(1) The fixing of the seal of the Commission shall...
The Commission shall not be regarded— (a) as the servant...
(1) Subject to paragraphs 4 and 5, any member of...
(1) A member of the Commission, or the person appointed...
The Lord Chancellor may terminate the appointment of a member...
(1) Before appointing a person to be a member of...
(1) A member of the Commission who is in any...
(1) The Commission may— (a) pay to its members such...
(1) The Commission shall appoint a person to be the...
Community Legal Service: excluded services
Services consisting of the provision of help (beyond the provision...
Services consisting of the provision of help to an individual...
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(1) These are the proceedings under the Proceeds of Crime...
(1) This sub-paragraph applies to an inquest into the death...
Criminal Defence Service: right to representation
(1) A right to representation for the purposes of any...
(1) Regulations may provide that, in prescribed circumstances, and subject...
(1) A court before which any criminal proceedings take place,...
(1) Regulations may— (a) provide that the Commission shall have...
(1) Regulations may provide that the Commission shall have power...
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(1) Power under this Schedule to grant , or provisionally...
Except where regulations otherwise provide, an appeal shall lie to...
(1) Any question as to whether power to grant ,...
(1) The relevant authority may make an information request to—...
(1) A person to whom information is disclosed under paragraph...
(1) This paragraph applies for the purposes of paragraphs 6...
Motor vehicle orders
In this Schedule “ enforcement regulations ” means regulations under...
Enforcement regulations may make provision about or in connection with—...
Enforcement regulations must provide that a motor vehicle order may...
(1) Enforcement regulations must provide that, before a court makes...
(1) Enforcement regulations must provide that a clamping order must...
Enforcement regulations must provide that an immobilisation device may not...
Enforcement regulations must provide that, where a motor vehicle has...
In this Schedule— “ disabled person's badge ” means a...
In the First Schedule to the Public Records Act 1958...
(1) Section 47 of the Solicitors Act 1974 (jurisdiction of...
In Part II of Schedule 1 to the House of...
In Part II of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland...
In section 75(4) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (charges...
In section 66(6) of the Race Relations Act 1976 (charges...
The Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 has effect subject to the...
In section 8(4) (matters which may be contained in a...
In section 92(1)(b) (no restriction on power to impose imprisonment...
In section 130(3) (power of alternate court in remand hearings...
In section 145A(4) (rules about costs may include provision for...
In Schedule 2 to the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 (which...
In Part I of Schedule 6 (fees), in paragraph 1(a)...
The Senior Courts Act 1981 has effect subject to the...
In section 28 (appeal by way of case stated from...
In section 29 (judicial review of decisions of Crown Court,...
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In section 52(5) of the Telecommunications Act 1984 (charges to...
The Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 has effect subject to...
In section 19(2)(b) (in making an order for costs account...
In section 20(2) (recovery of sums paid by Legal Aid...
In section 50 of the Criminal Appeal Act 1968 (meaning...
(1) Section 21 (interpretation) is amended as follows.
In section 11 of the Child Abduction and Custody Act...
The Administration of Justice Act 1985 has effect subject to...
In section 40(1) (legal aid complaints), for “under the Legal...
In section 41(2) (reduction of fees payable in connection with...
In section 42 (exclusion of barristers from legal aid work),...
In section 43(3) (reduction of costs payable in connection with...
In section 170(5) of the Housing Act 1985 (charges to...
The Criminal Justice Act 1987 has effect subject to the...
In section 4(1) (functions of magistrates’ court to cease when...
The Children and Young Persons Act 1969 has effect subject...
In section 11(12) (matters to which restrictions on reporting do...
In section 4(3) of the Consumer Arbitration Agreements Act 1988...
The Housing Act 1988 has effect subject to the following...
In section 82(4) (charge to recover costs of assistance in...
In section 107(4) (charge to recover costs of assistance in...
In section 25(6) of the Children Act 1989 (child without...
In section 17(3)(c)(iii) of the Courts and Legal Services Act...
In section 53(3) of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (functions...
(1) Section 108(7) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992...
In section 37(9) of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act...
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The Family Law Act 1996 has effect subject to the...
(1) Section 8 (information meetings) is amended as follows.
(1) Section 23 (provision of marriage counselling) is amended as...
The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 has effect subject to...
In section 50(2) (procedure at early administrative hearing), for paragraphs...
In paragraph 3(8) of Schedule 3 (matters which may be...
In section 8(4)(a) of the Disability Rights Commission Act 1999...
In section 23 (remands and committals to local authority accommodation),...
In that section as it has effect pursuant to section...
In section 1(3)(c) of the Attachment of Earnings Act 1971...
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For sections 29 and 30 of the Courts and Legal...
For Schedule 4 to that Act substitute— SCHEDULE 4 Authorised...
The Solicitors Act 1974 has effect subject to the following...
(1) Section 119(1) (interpretation) is amended as follows.
(1) Section 120 (subordinate legislation) is amended as follows.
In section 2(4) (Lord Chief Justice or Master of the...
In section 31(3) (Master of the Rolls deemed to concur...
The Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 has effect subject...
(1) Section 18 (duty to exercise functions as soon as...
(1) Section 27 (rights of audience) is amended as follows....
(1) Section 28 (rights to conduct litigation) is amended as...
In section 53(6)(a) (Council for Licensed Conveyancers), for “section 29”...
In section 71 (qualification for judicial appointments), for subsection (6)...
Powers of Law Society
In section 31(1) of the Solicitors Act 1974 (power of...
In paragraph 11(1) of Schedule 2 to the Administration of...
(1) Section 44B of the Solicitors Act 1974 (power of...
In paragraph 14(1) of Schedule 2 to the Administration of...
In the Solicitors Act 1974, after section 44B insert— Costs...
In Schedule 2 to the Administration of Justice Act 1985,...
Subsections (5) to (7) of section 89 of the Courts...
In— (a) section 32(4) of that Act (power of Council...
In the Solicitors Act 1974, after section 33 insert— Inspection...
In section 87(1) of that Act (interpretation), in the definition...
In Schedule 2 to the Administration of Justice Act 1985,...
In Schedule 1 to the Solicitors Act 1974 (intervention in...
(1) Section 43 of that Act (control of employment of...
In section 44(2) of that Act (breach of order by...
(1) Section 49 of that Act (appeals from Tribunal) is...
(1) The Secretary of State may give general directions concerning...
(1) The Secretary of State may appoint a person to...
(1) The Commissioner may delegate any of his functions to...
(1) The Secretary of State shall pay to, or in...
(1) The Commissioner may appoint such staff as he thinks...
(1) The Commissioner shall make an annual report to the...
(1) The Commissioner shall keep accounts with respect to his...
(1) The Secretary of State may require any professional body...
In Part III of Schedule 1 to—
In Schedule 2 to the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 (which...
Schedule 2 to the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (enforcement of...
In paragraph 2(2) (issue by justice of the peace of...
In paragraph 3(1) (powers of magistrates’ court), for “the magistrates’...
In paragraph 6(5) (community service orders)— (a) in paragraph (a),...
(1) Paragraph 7 (revocation of order by magistrates’ court) is...
For paragraph 8(1) and (1A) (circumstances in which Crown Court...
(1) Paragraph 8A (replacement of probation order with conditional discharge)...
In paragraph 11A (application of paragraph 6A for purposes of...
(1) In each of the provisions specified in sub-paragraph (2)...
In section 10 of the Parochial Libraries Act 1708 (warrant...
In section 6 of the Fairs Act 1873 (alteration of...
In section 20 of the Commons Act 1876 (prohibition on...
In section 153(3) of the Municipal Corporations Act 1882 (warrant...
In section 28(2) of the Local Government Act 1888 (power...
The Children and Young Persons Act 1933 has effect subject...
In section 48(3) (power of youth court acting for same...
(1) The Second Schedule (constitution of youth courts) is amended...
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In section 15(1) of the Prevention of Damage by Pests...
In section 68(3) of the National Parks and Access to...
In section 4 of the Distress for Rent Act 1737...
(1) Paragraph 4 of Part II of Schedule 2 to...
In section 19(1) of the Prison Act 1952 (right of...
In section 21(1) of the Maintenance Orders Act 1958 (interpretation),...
The Licensing Act 1964 has effect subject to the following...
In section 2 (licensing justices and districts), for subsection (2)...
In section 85(1) (search warrants for parties organised for gain),...
In section 187(1) (search warrants), for “county or borough” substitute...
In section 188(1) (closing of licensed premises in case of...
(1) Section 193 (disqualification of justices) is amended as follows....
In section 201(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “the metropolis”,...
In section 4 of the Inclosure Act 1773 (expenses), for...
(1) Section 19 of the Administration of Justice Act 1964...
In section 2(2) of the Sunday Theatre Act 1972 (definition...
In section 38(2) of the Solicitors Act 1974 (disqualification of...
The Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 has effect subject to the...
In section 70 (jurisdiction in inner London for family proceedings),...
In section 146(5) (rules relating to youth courts), for “inner...
In section 150(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “petty sessional...
In section 82(1) of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981...
In section 142(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984...
In section 76 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (provision...
In section 2 of the Burial Ground Act 1816 (valuation...
(1) Section 46 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992...
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In section 55(3) of the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994...
The Justices of the Peace Act 1997 has effect subject...
In section 6 (residence qualification for justices), after subsection (1)...
(1) Section 10 (allowances for justices) is amended as follows....
In section 1 of the Inclosure and Drainage (Rates) Act...
For section 26 (Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Lancashire) substitute— Greater...
In section 50(11) (pensions etc. of court staff in inner...
(1) Section 72(1) (definitions) is amended as follows.
In paragraph 11(4) of Schedule 4 (chief clerks in inner...
In section 2 of the Ordnance Survey Act 1841 (powers...
In section 1 of the Geological Survey Act 1845 (powers...
In section 159 of the Inclosure Act 1845 (recovery of...
In section 2 of the Hares Act 1848 (authority to...
Unification and renaming of stipendiary bench
The Metropolitan Police Act 1839 has effect subject to the...
In section 4 of the Metropolitan Police Courts Act 1897...
In section 2 of the Law of Distress Amendment Act...
(1) The Second Schedule to the Children and Young Person...
(1) Section 121 of the Local Government Act 1948 (precept...
The Metropolitan Magistrates’ Courts Act 1959 (functions of Receiver) has...
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In section 4(2) (borrowing power of Receiver), for the words...
In section 29(2) of the Licensing Act 1964 (fees chargeable...
In paragraph 2A of the Schedule to the Backing of...
In Part IA of Schedule 2 to the Courts Act...
In section 52 (prevention of obstruction in neighbourhood of public...
In section 67(2)(b) of the Local Government Act 1972 (which...
In section 9(1) of the Administration of Justice Act 1973...
In Part I of Schedule 1 to the Juries Act...
In section 38 of the Solicitors Act 1974 (disqualification of...
In Part I of Schedule 1 to the House of...
In Part I of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland...
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For section 66 substitute— Composition of magistrates’ courts for family...
(1) Section 67 (family courts and panels) is amended as...
In section 144(2) (rule committee for magistrates’ courts to include...
In section 75 (“magistrate” to mean every justice of the...
In section 150(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “petty-sessional court-house”,...
The Extradition Act 1989 has effect subject to the following...
In section 8(1)(a) (issue of warrant for arrest on receipt...
(1) Section 9 (proceedings for committal) is amended as follows....
In section 10(7) (cases in which order by metropolitan magistrate...
In section 24(4) (suppression of terrorism), in the paragraph (c)...
(1) Schedule 1 (provisions deriving from the Extradition Act 1870...
In Schedule 11 to the Courts and Legal Services Act...
In section 19(2)(d) of the Local Government Act 1992 (which...
The Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 has effect subject...
In section 76 (complaints to be heard and determined by...
In Part I of Schedule 1 (qualifying offices), after “County...
In Schedule 5 (retirement), for “Stipendiary magistrate in England and...
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The Justices of the Peace Act 1997 has effect subject...
In subsection (2)(a) of section 5 (which specifies that the...
In section 7(7) (which provides that the provisions about the...
In section 10(4) (provisions about travelling, subsistence and financial loss...
In section 22(4)(c) (chairman or deputy chairman of justices not...
In section 69(4) (oaths required to be taken by acting...
In section 72(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “petty sessional...
In section 13 of the Metropolitan Police Courts Act 1840...
In paragraph 7 of Schedule 4 (inner London), in sub-paragraph...
In section 24 of the London Hackney Carriages Act 1843...
In section 4 of the London Hackney Carriages Act 1850...
In section 18 of the London Hackney Carriage Act 1853...
In section 7(1) of the Regulation of Railways Act 1871...
The Public Works Loans Act 1965 (c.63)
In section 2(1)(a) of the Public Works Loans Act 1965...
In section 10(7) as amended by Schedule 10 to this...
In section 40(8) (regulations about appointment of justices’ chief executive),...
In section 44 (terms of employment), after subsection (1) insert—...
For section 50 substitute— Pensions of employees of GLMCA. (1) The Lord Chancellor may, with the consent of the...
(1) Section 54 (indemnification of justices’ and their clerks) is...
Before section 55 insert the heading— “Magistrates’ courts committees outside...
(1) Section 55 (duties of local authorities) is amended as...
(1) Section 56 (provision supplementary to section 55) is amended...
In section 59(1) (regulations relating to accounts of magistrates’ courts...
After section 68 insert— Provision of accommodation for justices and...
In paragraph 1(a) of Schedule 4 to the National Loans...
In section 82(2A) of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988...
The Local Government and Housing Act 1989 has effect subject...
In section 39(1) (authorities to which provisions about revenue accounts...
In section 67(3) (authorities to which provisions about interests in...
(1) Section 76 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 as...
In section 19(2) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992...
The Justices of the Peace Act 1997 has effect subject...
Functions transferred to justices’ chief executives
In section 24 of the London Hackney Carriages Act 1843...
In section 45 (constitution of youth courts), number the existing...
(1) Section 59A (orders for periodical payments: proceedings by clerk)...
In section 60(5) (variation of order to provide that payments...
In section 61(1)(b) (rules about apportionment of sums paid to...
In section 62(1)(ii) (proceedings by clerk for sums payable to...
In section 82(5A) (clerk to serve notice of hearing to...
(1) Section 87 (enforcement of payment of fines by High...
(1) Section 87A (fines imposed on companies) is amended as...
In section 89(2) (transfer of fine order: functions of clerk...
In section 90(3) (functions of clerk in relation to payment...
In section 91(1) (functions of clerk in relation to payment...
In— (a) section 46(1A) (notification of guilty plea),
In section 95(3) (instalments: powers of the court in relation...
In section 97A(9), (10) and (11) (summons or warrant as...
In section 99 (proof of non-payment of sum adjudged)—
In section 114 (payment to clerk of fees and recognizances...
(1) Section 137 (fees) is amended as follows.
In section 139 (application by clerk of money received on...
In section 144(1) (rules about procedure and practice to be...
In Schedule 6 (fees), in the heading to Part I...
In section 47(6) of the Highways Act 1980 (notification by...
The Betting and Gaming Duties Act 1981 has effect subject...
Part II of the Maintenance Orders Act 1950 (enforcement of...
(1) Paragraph 15 of Schedule 1 (enforcement of betting duty)...
(1) Paragraph 15 of Schedule 4 (register of permits) is...
(1) Section 5 of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act...
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In section 2(2), (3), (4) and (5) of the Licensing...
The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 has effect subject...
In section 16(10) and (11) (warrants to be returned to...
In section 47(3A)(b) (date for appearance on granting of bail),...
(1) Section 73 (proof of conviction) is amended as follows....
The Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 has effect subject to...
(1) Section 18 (enforcement of registered orders) is amended as...
In section 7(4) (justices’ clerk to send to Director of...
In section 23(3), (7) and (8) (discontinuance of proceedings by...
In section 4(6) of the Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol...
In sections 9(1) and 124(1) of the Insolvency Act 1986...
In section 34(1) and (2) of the Public Order Act...
In sections 16(1)(a) and 17(1) of the Coroners Act 1988...
The Criminal Justice Act 1988 has effect subject to the...
In section 41(10) and (11)(a) (clerk of magistrates’ court to...
In section 67(1) (clerk to be notified of fine imposed...
In section 81(3) to (9) (application of proceeds of realisation...
(1) Section 22 (discharge and variation of registered orders) is...
The Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 has effect subject to...
(1) Section 7 (duty of accused to provide licence to...
In sections 8(a) and 25(2)(a) (notification to clerk of date...
(1) Section 26 (interim disqualification) is amended as follows.
(1) Section 27 (production of licence) is amended as follows....
(1) Section 34B (certificate of completion of course) is amended...
In section 34C(2) (interpretation), after the definition of “petty sessions...
In section 52(3)(c) (fixed penalty notice to specify justices’ clerk...
(1) Section 69 (payment of fixed penalty) is amended as...
In section 70(4)(a) (registration certificate to be sent to clerk...
In section 24(5A)(b) (order requiring payment to the clerk of...
(1) Section 71 (registration of sums payable in default) is...
In sections 72(1) and (6) and 73(1)(b) and (7) (invalidity...
(1) Section 74 (supplementary) is amended as follows.
In section 75(6) (definition of “fixed penalty clerk” for purposes...
In section 82(2) (accounting where one clerk acts for another),...
In section 83(1)(b) (powers where clerk of court deceived), after...
In section 84(c) (power to make regulations prescribing duties of...
(1) Schedule 4 to the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions)...
In sections . . . 18(1) of the Football Spectators...
The Children Act 1989 has effect subject to the following...
The Army Act 1955 has effect subject to the following...
In section 83(5) (clerk to provide particulars of proceedings), for...
In paragraph 6A(3) of Schedule 1 (variation of order to...
In paragraph 24(6) of Schedule 2 (signature of clerk as...
(1) Schedule 2 to the Criminal Procedure (Insanity and Unfitness...
The Criminal Justice Act 1991 has effect subject to the...
In section 20A(2) (official request is one made by clerk),...
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The Social Security Administration Act 1992 has effect subject to...
In section 107(5) and (11) (recovery of expenditure on income...
In section 121(1)(b) (receipt of statement by clerk), for “clerk...
(1) Section 189 (delivery into military custody of person dealt...
In section 14(5)(b) of the Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland)...
In section 68(1)(b) of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 (receipt...
In section 30(4) to (8) of the Drug Trafficking Act...
(1) Paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the Road Traffic...
(1) Section 68 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (power...
In section 234(9) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995...
The Reserve Forces Act 1996 has effect subject to the...
(1) Paragraph 7 of Schedule 2 (delivery into military, air-force...
(1) Paragraph 9 of Schedule 3 (proof of outcome of...
(1) Schedule 3 to the Crime and Disorder Act 1998...
(1) Section 199 (proof of outcome of civil trial) is...
The Air Force Act 1955 has effect subject to the...
(1) Section 13 of the Evidence Act 1851 (proof of...
(1) Section 189 (delivery into air-force custody of person dealt...
(1) Section 199 (proof of outcome of civil trial) is...
The Naval Discipline Act 1957 has effect subject to the...
(1) Section 110 (delivery into naval custody of person dealt...
(1) Section 129B (proof of outcome of civil trial) is...
The Maintenance Orders Act 1958 has effect subject to the...
(1) Section 2 (registration of orders) is amended as follows....
In section 3(3A) (requirement of person liable under order to...
(1) Section 4(5B) (application of section 60 of the Magistrates’...
(1) Section 5 (cancellation of registration) is amended as follows....
(1) Section 6 of the Criminal Procedure Act 1865 (proof...
In section 18 (powers of magistrates to review committals), for...
In section 20(1) (clerk of magistrates’ court entitled to receive...
The Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963 has effect subject...
(1) Section 10A (cancellation of betting office licence) is amended...
(1) Section 11 (cancellation of and disqualification for bookmaker’s permit...
(1) Schedule 1 (bookmaker’s permits, betting agency permits and betting...
The Licensing Act 1964 has effect subject to the following...
In— (a) section 8A(2) (approval of prospective licensee),
(1) Section 20 (consent for alteration of premises) is amended...
In section 20A(3) (revocation of justices’ licences), for “clerk” substitute...
(1) Section 18 of the Prevention of Crimes Act 1871...
(1) Section 22 (procedural provisions as to appeals) is amended...
In section 27(4)(c)(ii) (notice for renewal of licence given to...
(1) Section 28 (clerk to licensing justices) is amended as...
In section 30 (register of licences), in—
(1) Section 31 (matters to be entered in register) is...
In section 32(1) and (2) (persons with interest in property...
In section 33 (notice of conviction of licence holder to...
In section 34(3) (refusal of inspection of register), for “clerk”...
In section 46(2) (notice to fire authority of application for...
(1) Section 51 (register of clubs) is amended as follows....
In section 6 of the Fairs Act 1873 (alteration of...
In— (a) section 62(3) (permitted hours in clubs),
In Schedule 2 (applications for justices’ licences), in—
(1) Schedule 6 (applications and complaints relating to registration certificates)...
In Schedule 8A (procedure for making, varying or revoking restriction...
In paragraph 7 of Schedule 11 (clerk to licensing planning...
In Schedule 12 (canteen licences), in paragraphs 1(1)(a) and 3,...
In Schedule 12A (children’s certificates), in— (a) paragraphs 1(1) and...
The Gaming Act 1968 has effect subject to the following...
(1) Schedule 2 (grant etc. of licences) is amended as...
(1) Schedule 3 (registration of members’ clubs in England and...
In section 94(7) of the Public Health Acts Amendment Act...
In Schedule 7 (registration for gaming by means of machines),...
(1) Schedule 9 (permits under section 34) is amended as...
In section 6(2) of the Late Night Refreshment Houses Act...
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The Attachment of Earnings Act 1971 has effect subject to...
In section 3(1)(c) (persons who may apply for an attachment...
In section 6(7)(c) (clerk to be collecting officer in case...
In section 17(3)(d) (power to require court officer to deal...
(1) Section 18 (certain action not to be taken by...
In section 21(2)(a)(ii) (costs due to clerk of magistrates’ court),...
(1) Section 4 of the Maintenance Orders (Facilities for Enforcement)...
(1) Schedule 2 to the Immigration Act 1971 (administrative provisions)...
The Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1972 has effect subject...
In section 7(5B) (powers of magistrates’ court on confirming provisional...
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(1) Section 9(1ZA) (application of section 60 of the Magistrates’...
(1) Section 23 (maintenance orders registered in High Court under...
In section 26 (application for recovery of maintenance in convention...
In section 27B (sending application to the appropriate magistrates’ court),...
(1) Section 27C (application for recovery of maintenance in England...
(1) Section 32 (transfer of orders) is amended as follows....
The Children and Young Persons Act 1933 has effect subject...
In section 34(3) (application from abroad to vary a registered...
(1) Section 34A (variation of orders by magistrates’ courts) is...
(1) Section 38 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (orders...
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(1) Schedule 4 to the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act...
(1) Schedule 3 to the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976...
In section 58A(3) of the Adoption Act 1976 (duty of...
In section 6(9)(c)(i) of the Bail Act 1976 (certification of...
In section 42(2)(b) (transmission of deposition of child), for “clerk”...
The Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates’ Courts Act 1978 has effect...
In section 20ZA(3) (variation of orders for periodical payments to...
In section 32(2) (enforcement of orders for payment of money),...
(1) Section 35 (orders for repayment of sums paid after...
(1) Section 4 of the Licensed Premises (Exclusion of Certain...
The Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 has effect subject to the...
In section 6(5) (clerk to display details of cases committed...
In section 12 (non-appearance of accused: plea of guilty), in...
(1) Section 14 (avoidance of certain proceedings) is amended as...
(1) Section 59 (orders for periodical payment: means of payment)...
(1) The Lord Chancellor or Secretary of State may by...
Any order made under section 58(4) or (5) of the...
Any regulations made under section 58(1)(c) of the Courts and...
If section 33 of this Act comes into force before...
The Lord Chancellor may by order made by statutory instrument...
(1) For the purposes of section 27 of the Courts...
Where a person was called to the Bar or admitted...
(1) If section 36 of this Act comes into force...
(1) An Order in Council made pursuant to a recommendation...
Section 97(2) of the Children Act 1989 (as amended by...
The first order under section 1 of the Justices of...
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The first order under section 4 of the Justices of...
The person who is the Lord Mayor of London, and...
Any person who is a stipendiary magistrate or a metropolitan...
Any person who, immediately before the time when section 78...
(1) For the purposes specified in sub-paragraph (2), a person...
For the purposes of section 26 of and Schedule 7...
If paragraph 36 of Schedule 11 to this Act comes...
Section 79 of, and Part V(4) of Schedule 15 to,...
(1) Subject to any order under paragraph 6 of the...
The first order under section 27A(2) of the Justices of...
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(1) From the end of the period of two months...
(1) If section 78 of this Act has not come...
(1) The Lord Chancellor may by order made by statutory...
(1) The Lord Chancellor may make one or more schemes...
(1) Stamp duty shall not be chargeable—
(1) For the purposes of stamp duty land tax, a...
(1) The Lord Chancellor may by regulations provide that any...
(1) The Lord Chancellor may by order made by statutory...
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