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The Civil Courts (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1996

S.I. 1996/588 · Made 6 March 1996

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COUNTY COURTS

Made 6th March 1996

Laid before parliament 6th March 1996

Coming into force

Article 4(a): 1st May 1996

remaining provisions: 30th March 1996

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 2(1) and 26(1) of the County Courts Act 1984f1, and by section 33(1) of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984f2, hereby makes the following Order:-

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1984 c. 28.

f2

1984 c. 42.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Amendments to the 1983 Order
  4. 4Amendments to the 1983 Order
  5. Signature
  6. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Civil Courts (Amendment) (No.2) Order 1996 and shall come into force on the following dates:

(a)

article 4(a) on 1 May 1996;

(b)

the remaining provisions of the Order on 30th March 1996.

2Interpretation

In this Order, “the 1983 Order” means the Civil Courts Order 1983f1, and a Schedule referred to by number alone means the Schedule so numbered in that Order.

3Amendments to the 1983 Order

In Schedule 1:—

(a)

“Chippenham” shall be deleted from its position in the second column opposite the entry for “Bath” in the first column;

(b)

the entry for “Dover” shall be deleted;

(c)

“Newton Abbot” shall be deleted from its position in the second column opposite the entry for “Torquay” in the first column;

(d)

“St Austell” shall be deleted from its position in the second column opposite the entry for “Truro” in the first column;

(e)

“Sittingbourne” shall be deleted from its position in the second column opposite the entry for “Chatham” in the first column.

4Amendments to the 1983 Order

In Schedule 3:—

(a)

the entry relating to “Chippenham” shall be deletedf1;

(b)

the entries relating to “Dover”, “Folkestone”, “Newton Abbot”, “St Austell” and “Sittingbourne” shall be deleted;

(c)

opposite the entry relating to Canterbury in column 1, there shall be inserted the word “Admiralty” in column 2 and the word “Thanet” shall be deleted from column 3.

Signature

Mackay of Clashfern, C.

Dated 6th March

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Civil Courts Order 1983 so as to close the County Courts at Chippenham, Dover, Folkestone, Newton Abbott, St Austell and Sittingbourne. In addition, it is provided that Canterbury County Court shall have Admiralty jurisdiction.