
1 
This Order may be cited as the Magistrates' Courts (Forms) (Amendment) Rules 1999, and shall come into force on 4th May 1999.
2 
In the Table of Contents in Schedule 2 to the Magistrates' Courts (Forms) Rules 1981, after the entry for Form 27 there shall be inserted:–“
27A 
Notice to defendant: plea of guilty in absence – written statement procedure.”and after the entry for Form 28 there shall be inserted:–“
28A 
Plea and mitigation form.”.
3 
The forms numbered 27A and 28A contained in the Schedule to these Rules shall be inserted after Forms 27 and 28 respectively in Schedule 2 to the Magistrates' Courts (Forms) Rules 1981.
Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor
G.W. Hoon
Minister of State,
Lord Chancellor’s Department
Dated 10th April 1999
SCHEDULE

SUMMARY TRIAL—FORM 27 A
SUMMARY TRIAL—FORM 28 A