Section 15 Interest on debts and damages.

United Kingdom

C1(1)

The section set out in Part I of Schedule 1 to this Act shall be inserted after section 35 of the M1F1Senior Courts Act 1981

(2)

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(3)

The M2Crown Proceedings Act 1947 shall accordingly have effect subject to the amendment in Part III of that Schedule, being an amendment consequential on subsections (1) and (2) above.

(4)

The provisions mentioned in subsection (5) below (which this section supersedes so far as they apply to the High Court and county courts) shall cease to have effect in relation to those courts.

(5)

The provisions are—

(a)

section 3 of the M3Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1934; and

(b)

in the M4Administration of Justice Act 1969—

(i)

section 22; and

(ii)

in section 34(3) the words from “and section 22” onwards.

F3(6)

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: S. 15(1) for the words "Supreme Court Act 1981" wherever they occur there is substituted (1.10.2009) the words "Senior Courts Act 1981" by virtue of Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59, 148(1), Sch. 11 para. 1(2); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2
F2: S. 15(2) repealed by County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28, SIF 34), s. 148(3), Sch. 4
F3: S. 15(6) repealed (31.1.1997) by 1996 c. 23, s. 107(2), Sch. 4 (with ss. 1, 2, 5, 81, 84, 93(6), 94, 95, 106); S.I. 1996/3146, art. 3

Marginal citations

M1: 1981 c. 54.
M2: 1947 c. 44.
M3: 1934 c. 41.
M4: 1969 c. 58.

Modifications

C1: The text of s. 15(1)(3) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.