The Access to Justice Act 1999 (Commencement No. 10) Order 2003

Statutory Instruments

2003 No. 1241 (C.59)

SUPREME COURT OF ENGLAND AND WALES

COUNTY COURTS, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Access to Justice Act 1999 (Commencement No. 10) Order 2003

Made

30th April 2003

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 108(1) of the Access to Justice Act 1999(1), makes the following Order:

1.  This Order may be cited as the Access to Justice Act 1999 (Commencement No. 10) Order 2003.

2.  Section 31 of the Access to Justice Act 1999 shall come into force on 2nd June 2003.

Irvine of Lairg, C.

Dated 30th April 2003

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 2nd June 2003 section 31 of the Access to Justice Act 1999. This section amends section 51(2) of the Supreme Court Act 1981, allowing rules of court to be made “for securing that the amount awarded to a party in respect of the costs to be paid by him to [legal or other] representatives is not limited to what would have been payable by him to them if he had not been awarded costs”—in other words, rules which limit or regulate the so-called indemnity principle. Amendments to this effect have been made to the Civil Procedure Rules 1998.

Note as to Earlier Commencement Orders

(This note is not part of the Order)

The following provisions of the Access to Justice Act 1999 have been brought into force by commencement orders before the date of this Order:

Provision	Date of Commencement	Statutory Instrument No.
Sections 36, 40, 42, 46 and 49	27.9.1999	1999/2657
Section 43 and Schedule 6 (partially)	27.9.1999	1999/2657
Section 48 and Schedule 7	27.9.1999	1999/2657
Section 66 and Schedule 9	27.9.1999	1999/2657
Section 67(2) (in certain areas only)	27.9.1999	1999/2657
Section 83(1) (partially)	27.9.1999	1999/2657
Section 83(3) and Schedule 12 (partially)	27.9.1999	1999/2657
Sections 88 and 89	27.9.1999	1999/2657
Section 105	27.9.1999	1999/2657
Section 106 and Schedule 15 (partially)	27.9.1999	1999/2657
Section 53	1.11.1999	1999/2657
Section 106 and Schedule 15 (partially)	1.11.1999	1999/2657
Section 79	12.11.1999	1999/2657
Section 106 and Schedule 15 (partially)	12.11.1999	1999/2657
Section 35	1.1.2000	1999/3344
Section 41 and Schedule 5	1.1.2000	1999/3344
Section 43 and Schedule 6 (partially)	1.1.2000	1999/3344
Section 71	1.1.2000	1999/3344
Section 85	1.1.2000	1999/3344
Section 106 and Schedule 15 (partially)	1.1.2000	1999/3344
Section 83(1) (partially)	1.3.2000	1999/3344
Section 83(3) and Schedule 12 (partially)	1.3.2000	1999/3344
Section 1 and Schedule 1	1.4.2000	2000/774
Sections 2 to 5	1.4.2000	2000/774
Section 6 and Schedule 2	1.4.2000	2000/774
Sections 7 to 11 and 19 to 23	1.4.2000	2000/774
Section 24 and Schedule 4 (partially)	1.4.2000	2000/774
Sections 25 and 26	1.4.2000	2000/774
Sections 27, 29 and 30	1.4.2000	2000/774
Section 106 and Schedule 15 (partially)	1.4.2000	2000/774
Sections 37, 38 and 39	31.7.2000	2000/1920
Section 44	31.7.2000	2000/1920
Section 106 and Schedule 15 (partially)	31.7.2000	2000/1920
Section 78 and Schedule 11	31.8.2000	2000/1920
Section 83(2) (partially)	31.8.2000	2000/1920
Section 106 and Schedule 15 (partially)	31.8.2000	2000/1920
Section 67(2) (partially)	8.1.2001	2000/3280
Sections 92 to 95	8.1.2001	2000/3280
Section 106 and Schedule 15 (partially)	8.1.2001	2000/3280
Sections 96 and 97	19.2.2001	2001/168
Section 106 and Schedule 15 (partially)	19.2.2001	2001/168
Section 83 and Schedule 12 (partially)	1.4.2001	2001/916
Section 90 and Schedule 13	1.4.2001	2001/916
Section 91	1.4.2001	2001/916
Sections 98, 99 and 100	1.4.2001	2001/916
Sections 101, 102 and 103 (in relation to England and Wales and Northern Ireland only)	1.4.2001	2001/916
Section 106 and Schedule 15 (partially)	1.4.2001	2001/916
Sections 12 to 18 and Schedule 3	2.4.2001	2001/916
Section 24 and Schedule 4 (partially)	2.4.2001	2001/916
Section 106 and Schedule 15 (partially)	2.4.2001	2001/916
Section 47	25.5.2001	2001/1655
Sections 101, 102 and 103 (in relation to Scotland only)	31.3.2003	2003/207

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1999 c. 22.