Article 3(2)
1.—(1) Section 144(1) of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (rule committee and rules of procedure) is amended as follows.
(2) In the side-note, the words “Rule committee and” are repealed.
(3) Subsection (A1) is repealed.
(4) In subsection (1), the words “on the advice of or after consultation with the rule committee, and” are repealed.
(5) In subsection (1A), the words “and the rules committee” are repealed.
(6) Subsections (2), (3) and (3A) are repealed.
2. In Schedule 18 to the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (consequential amendments), in paragraph 25, sub-paragraph (7) is repealed.
3. In Part 6 of Schedule 1 to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (other public bodies and offices – general), the entry for the Magistrates’ Courts Rules Committee is repealed.
4. The Courts Act 2003 is amended as follows.
5. In section 20(2) (rules), in subsection (2)—
(a)at the end of paragraph (a) insert “and”;
(b)paragraph (c), and the word “and” which precedes it, are repealed.
6. In section 28 (functions), in subsection (9)—
(a)at the end of paragraph (a) insert “and”;
(b)paragraph (c), and the word “and” which precedes it, are repealed.
7. In section 107 (interpretation), subsection (6) is repealed.
8. In Schedule 8 (minor and consequential amendments), in paragraph 245, sub-paragraph (4) is repealed.
9. In Part 1 of Schedule 4 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (other functions of the Lord Chancellor and organisation of the courts), in paragraph 102, sub-paragraphs (2) and (5) are repealed.
10. In Schedule 21 to the Legal Services Act 2007 (minor and consequential amendments), paragraph 43 is repealed.
Relevant amendments to section 144 were made by section 15(1) of and paragraphs 99 and 102 of Part I of Schedule 4 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (inserting subsections (A1), (1A) and (4A) and amending subsections (1) and (2)); and by section 208(1) of and paragraphs 42 and 43(b) of Schedule 21 to the Legal Services Act 2007 (inserting subsection (3A)).
Section 20 was amended by section 15(1) of and paragraphs 308 and 321 of Part 1 of Schedule 4 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005.