Citation, commencement, duration, definition and transitional provision

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Collection of Fines (Pilot Schemes) (Amendment) Order 2005 and shall come into force—

(a)for the purposes of article 2 of this order and this article on 30th March 2005; and

(b)for all other purposes on 1st April 2005.

(2) This Order shall cease to have effect on the 31st March 2006.

(3) In this Order a reference to the “Collection of Fines (Pilot Schemes) Order 2004(1)” means a reference to that Order as amended by the Collection of Fines (Pilot Schemes) (Amendment) Order 2004(2).

(4) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to an article by number alone is a reference to the article so numbered in the Collection of Fines (Pilot Schemes) Order 2004.

(5) Unless the court or fines officer orders otherwise any orders made by virtue of the Collection of Fines (Pilot Schemes) Order 2004 before 1st April 2005 shall continue to have effect as if this Order, other than article 2, had not been made.