
1 
This Order may be cited as the Magistrates' Courts (Procedure) Act 1998 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1999, and in this Order “the Act” means the Magistrates' Courts (Procedure) Act 1998.
2 
Subject to article 3 of this Order, section 1 of the Act shall come into force on 4th May 1999.
3 
Section 1 of the Act shall apply in any case where a summons was issued on or after 4th May 1999, and section 12 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 shall apply to any case where the summons was issued before that date as if the Act had not been passed.
Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor
G.W. Hoon
Minister of State,
Lord Chancellor’s Department
Dated 20th April 1999