The Magistrates' Courts (Detention and Forfeiture of Cash) (Amendment) Rules 2003
These Rules amend the Magistrates' Courts (Detention and Forfeiture of Cash) Rules 2002 (“the 2002 Rules”), by inserting a new rule which makes it clear that any magistrates' court, wherever situated, has jurisdiction to hear applications under the 2002 Rules. Section 52 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 provides that, unless express provision is made to the contrary, a magistrates' court only has jurisdiction to consider a complaint if it relates to things done, or omissions, within the magistrates' court’s commission area. Applications made under the 2002 Rules are treated as complaints, by virtue of rule 11(2) of the 2002 Rules.