Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. 7: functions of the Lord Chancellor transferred (19.8.2003) to the Secretary of State by The Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1887), art. 4, Sch. 1 (with art. 6)
Pt. 7: functions of the Secretary of State transferred (12.1.2006) to the Lord Chancellor by The Transfer of Functions (Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3429), art. 3 (with arts. 4, 5)
Schedule 14 (transitional provisions and savings) has effect.
Schedule 15 (repeals and revocations) has effect.
Commencement Information
I1S. 106 partly in force; s. 106 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 108(1); s. 106 in force for certain purposes at 27.9.1999 and for certain further purposes at 1.11.1999 and for certain further purposes at 12.11.1999 by S.I. 1999/2657, arts. 2(d)(iii), 3(c), 4(b); s. 106 in force for certain further purposes at 1.1.2000 and for certain further purposes at 1.3.2000 by S.I. 1999/3344, arts. 2(d), 3(b), Sch. 1 (with art. 4); s. 106 in force for certain purposes at 1.4.2000 by S.I. 2000/774, art. 2(c)(ii); s. 106 in force for certain purposes at 31.7.2000 by S.I. 2000/1920, art. 2(c)(3)(c); s. 106 in force for certain purposes at 8.1.2001 by S.I. 2000/3280, art. 2(c); s. 106 in force for specified purposes at 19.2.2001 by S.I. 2001/168, art. 2(c); s. 106 in force for specified purposes at 1.4.2001 by S.I. 2001/916, art. 2(c)(iv); s. 106 in force for specified purposes at 2.4.2001 by S.I. 2001/916, art. 3(b)
This Act binds the Crown.
(1)Subject to subsections (2) and (3), the preceding provisions of this Act shall come into force on such day as the Lord Chancellor [F1or Secretary of State] may by order made by statutory instrument appoint; and different days may be appointed for different purposes and, in the case of section 67(2), for different areas.
(2)Section 45 shall come into force on the day on which this Act is passed.
(3)The following provisions shall come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed—
(a)in Part II, sections 32 to 34,
(b)Part IV, apart from section 66 and Schedule 9 and sections 67(2) and 71,
(c)in Part V, sections 74 to 76, 81, 82, 84, 86 and 87 and Schedule 10,
(d)in Part VI, section 104,
(e)Schedule 14,
(f)in Schedule 15, Part III and Part V(1) and (5), apart from the provisions specified in subsection (4), and
(g)section 107.
(4)The provisions excepted from subsection (3)(f) are the repeal of section 67(8) of the M1Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (and that in Schedule 11 to the M2Children Act 1989) contained in Part V(1) of Schedule 15.
Subordinate Legislation Made
P1S. 108(1): power partly exercised (21.9.1999): different dates appointed for specified provisions by S.I. 1999/2657, arts. 2, 3, 4, Sch. 1, Sch. 2
S. 108(1): power partly exercised (13.12.1999): different dates appointed for specified provisions by S.I. 1999/3344, arts. 2, 3, Sch. 1 (with art. 4, Sch. 2)
S. 108(1): power partly exercised (20.3.2000): 1.4.2000 appointed for specified provisions by S.I. 2000/774, art. 2 (with arts. 3-5)
S. 108(1): power partly exercised (19.7.2000): different dates appointed for specified provisions by S.I. 2000/1920, arts. 2, 3 (with art. 4)
S. 108(1): power partly exercised (13.12.2000): 8.1.2001 appointed for specified provisions by S.I. 2000/3280, art. 2 (with art. 3)
S. 108(1): power partly exercised: 19.2.2001 appointed for specified provisions by S.I. 2001/168, art. 1
S. 108(1) power partly exercised: different dates appointed for specified provisions by S.I. 2001/916, art. 2
S. 108(1) power partly exercised: 25.5.2001 appointed for specified purposes by S.I. 2001/1655, art. 2
P2S. 108(1) power partly exercised: 31.3.2003 appointed for specified provisions by {S.S.I. 2003/207}, art. 2 (with art. 3)
P3S. 108(1) power partly exercised: 2.6.2003 appointed for specified provision by {S.I. 2003/1241}, art. 2
P4S. 108(1) power partly exercised: 1.11.2003 appointed for specified provisions by {S.I. 2003/2571}, art. 2
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 108(1) inserted (19.8.2003) by The Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1887), art. 9, Sch. 2 para. 11(2)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2S. 108(1): certain functions transferred (28.2.2003) to the Scottish Ministers by The Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/415), arts. 1, 2, Sch. (with art. 5)
Marginal Citations
(1)Sections 32 to 34 and 73(2) extend to Scotland.
(2)Sections 98(2) and (3) and 104(2) extend to Northern Ireland.
(3)Sections 68, 101, 102 and 103 extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
(4)The other provisions of this Act which make amendments or repeals or revocations in other enactments also have the same extent as the enactments which they amend or repeal or revoke.
(5)Subject to subsection (4), the provisions of this Part (including paragraph 1, but not the rest, of Schedule 14) extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
(6)Subject to the preceding provisions, this Act extends to England and Wales.
(7)For the purposes of the M3Scotland Act 1998 this Act, so far as it extends to Scotland, shall be taken to be a pre-commencement enactment within the meaning of that Act.
This Act may be cited as the Access to Justice Act 1999.