Commencement of provisions of Access to Justice Act 19992

The following provisions of the Act come into force on 1st April 2001:

a

in Part V:

i

to the extent that they are not already in force, section 83 and Schedule 12 (Greater London Magistrates' Courts Authority);

ii

section 90 and Schedule 13 (transfer of clerks' functions to chief executives); and

iii

section 91 (accounting etc. functions of chief executives); and

b

in Part VI:

i

sections 98 (justices and clerks: immunity from costs), 99 (justices and clerks: indemnity), and 100 (assistant justices' clerks: immunity from action); and

ii

so far as they extend to England and Wales and Northern Ireland only, sections 101 (General Commissioners: immunity from action), 102 (General Commissioners; immunity from costs and expenses), and 103 (General Commissioners and clerks: indemnity); and

c

in Part VII:

i

so far as they have not already been effected, the repeals in Part V(6) of Schedule 15;

ii

the repeals in Part V(7) of Schedule 15;

iii

the repeal in Part VI of Schedule 15; and

iv

so far as it relates to those repeals, section 106.