This Order brings into force, on 31st July 2000, sections 37, 38 and 39 of the Access to Justice Act 1999, relating to rights of audience and rights to conduct litigation, and section 44, relating to barristers and solicitors, together with associated repeals.

This Order also brings into force, on 31st August 2000, section 78 of, and Schedule 11 to, the Access to Justice Act 1999 together with associated repeals. These provisions relate to the unification and renaming of the stipendiary bench. The Order also brings into force on 31st August 2000 part of section 83(2) (Greater London Magistrates' Courts Authority).