Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.-(1) This Order may be cited as the Access to Justice Act 1999 (Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 1999 and shall come into force forthwith.

(2) In this Order "registrar" means registrar of civil appeals and "deputy registrar" shall be construed accordingly.

Transitional provisions and savings

2. Notwithstanding the coming into force of section 70 of the Access to Justice Act 1999 (abolition of office of registrar of civil appeals), any person who, immediately before the coming into force of that section, was the registrar or a deputy registrar shall, after the coming into force of that section, continue to be entitled to exercise any jurisdiction of the Court of Appeal that he was entitled to exercise by virtue of holding that office.

3. Article 2 shall have effect until RSC Order 59 as set out in Schedule 1 to the Civil Procedure Rules 1998(2) is revoked or amended so as to remove references to the registrar.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

The effect of this Order is to enable, as a transitional measure, those persons who exercise the jurisdiction of the Court of Appeal by virtue of holding the office of registrar or deputy registrar of civil appeals to continue to exercise the same jurisdiction once the office of registrar of civil appeals is abolished on 27 September 1999 (by section 70 of the Access to Justice Act 1999).

These transitional provisions and savings will be superseded when RSC Order 59 is revoked or amended so as to remove references to the registrar.