The Court Funds (Amendment) Rules 2001

Made5th March 2001

Laid before Parliament6th March 2001

Coming into force1st April 2001

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 38(7) of the Administration of Justice Act 19821, and with the concurrence of the Treasury, makes the following Rules:

1.

These Rules may be cited as the Court Funds (Amendment) Rules 2001 and shall come into force on 1st April 2001.

2.

In rule 2(2) of the Court Funds Rules 19872, in the definition of “Court Funds Office”, for “Public Trust Office” there shall be substituted “Court Service”.

Irvine of Lairg, C

Dated 1st March 2001

We concur,

Jim Dowd

Greg Pope

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

Dated 5th March 2001

(This note is not part of the Rules)

These Rules amend the definition of the Court Funds Office as a consequence of the transfer, with effect from 1st April 2001, of the Court Funds Office from the Public Trust Office to the Court Service.