# The Civil Courts (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1998

S.I. 1998/2910 · made 21 November 1998

This Order amends the Civil Courts Order 1983 so as to:close Camborne and Redruth, Hemel Hempstead and West Bromwich County Courts on 24th December 1998 and Loughborough County Court on 31st December 1998;confer divorce jurisdiction upon Penzance County Court;transfer bankruptcy jurisdiction for the district of Staines County Court from Slough County Court to Kingston-upon-Thames County Court.

Made under: County Courts Act 1984 (Section 2); Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 (Section 33); Insolvency Act 1986 (Section 374)

## Introductory text

COUNTY COURTS
Made 21st November 1998
Laid before Parliament 25th November 1998
Coming into force
Article 4(a) 31st December 1998
Remainder 24th December 1998
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 2(1) of the County Courts Act 1984, section 33(1) of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 and section 374(1) of the Insolvency Act 1986, hereby makes the following Order:–

## 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Civil Courts (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 24th December 1998, except for article 4(a), which shall come into force on 31st December 1998.

## 2 Interpretation

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

## 3 Amendments to the 1983 Order

In Schedule 1:
(a) “Camborne and Redruth” shall be deleted from its position in the second column opposite the entry for “Truro” in the first column;
(b) “West Bromwich” shall be deleted from its position in the first and second columns.

## 4 Amendments to the 1983 Order

In Schedule 3:
(a) the entry relating to Loughborough shall be deleted;
(b) the entries relating to Camborne, Hemel Hempstead and West Bromwich shall be deleted;
(c) the word “Divorce” shall be inserted in Column 2 opposite the entry for Penzance in Column 1;
(d) opposite the entry for Staines in Column 1, “Kingston-upon-Thames” shall replace “Slough” in Column 4.

## 5 Amendments to the 1983 Order

In Schedule 4, paragraph 3 shall be deleted.

## 6 Amendments to the 1983 Order

For the purpose of section 33(1) of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984, the County Court at Penzance is hereby designated as a divorce county court and court of trial.

## Signature

Irvine of Lairg, C.
Dated 21st November 1998.

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Civil Courts Order 1983 so as to:
(a) close Camborne and Redruth, Hemel Hempstead and West Bromwich County Courts on 24th December 1998 and Loughborough County Court on 31st December 1998;
(b) confer divorce jurisdiction upon Penzance County Court;
(c) transfer bankruptcy jurisdiction for the district of Staines County Court from Slough County Court to Kingston-upon-Thames County Court.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2910 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-courts-amendment-no-2-order-1998
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