§ Lord Lester of Herne Hillasked Her Majesty's Government:
When they intend to publish the proposed rules and practice directions for civil proceedings in magistrates' courts in relation to the coming into force of the Human Rights Act 1998. [HL1993]
§ The Lord Chancellor (Lord Irvine of Lairg)Material for civil proceedings in the magistrates' courts is required only under Section 2 of the Human Rights Act. As indicated in paragraph 2 of the consultation paper,Human Rights Act 1998: Rules, published on 10 March 2000 by my department, this will be similar to the material produced for the civil and family courts generally under Section 2. It is anticipated that the final rules and practice directions for all civil and family proceedings will be published by the end of July 2000.