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The Civil Courts (Amendment No. 3) Order 1992

S.I. 1992/1810 · Made 20 July 1992

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COUNTY COURTS

Made 20th July 1992

Laid before Parliament 21st July 1992

Coming into force 24th August 1992

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 67(1) and (2) of the Race Relations Act 1976f1; by sections 2 and 26 of the County Courts Act 1984f2 and by sections 117(4) and 374 of the Insolvency Act 1986f3, hereby makes the following Order:—

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1976 c. 74.

f2

1984 c. 28.

f3

1986 c. 45.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. 3Article 3
  4. 4Article 4
  5. 5Article 5
  6. Signature
  7. Explanatory note

1

This Order may be cited as the Civil Courts (Amendment No. 3) Order 1992 and shall come into force on 24th August 1992.

2

The holding of the Bloomsbury and Westminster County Courts shall be discontinued.

3

(1)

A county court shall be established at Marylebone which shall be known as the Central London County Court.

(2)

The Central London County Court shall have jurisdiction in proceedings commenced in the Bloomsbury or Westminster County Courts before this Order comes into force.

(3)

No process shall be invalid only because the holding of the court described therein by name has been discontinued by this Order.

(4)

The Central London County Court shall be designated for the purposes of the Race Relations Act 1976.

(5)

For the purposes of section 26 of the County Courts Act 1984 the district of the Central London County Court shall be assigned for admiralty purposes to the Mayor’s and City of London Court.

(6)

For the purposes of sections 117(4) and 374 of the Insolvency Act 1986 the Central London County Court shall be excluded from having jurisdiction under those provisions.

4

Schedule 3 to the Civil Courts Order 1983f1 shall be amended as follows—

(a)

the entries relating to Bloomsbury and Westminster shall be deleted; and

(b)

after the entry relating to Market Drayton, there shall be inserted the following new entry—

“

First ColumnSecond ColumnThird ColumnFourth ColumnFifth Column
MaryleboneRace RelationsMayor’s and City of London CourtHigh Court—

”.

5

Schedule 4 to the Civil Courts Order 1983 shall be amended by inserting, after the entry relating to Margate, the following—

“11A

The name of the county court at Marylebone shall be the Central London County Court.”.

Signature

Mackay of Clashfern, C.

Dated 20th July 1992.

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Civil Courts Order 1983 by—

(a)

closing the Bloomsbury and Westminster County Courts (article 2);

(b)

establishing a new court called the Central London County Court (articles 3 and 5).

The Central London County Court has jurisdiction in proceedings commenced before the coming into force of this Order in the Bloomsbury or Westminster County Courts. The Central London County Court is designated for the purposes of the Race Relations Act 1976 and the district of the Central London County Court is assigned for admiralty purposes to the Mayor’s and City of London County Court. The Central London County Court is excluded from having insolvency and winding-up jurisdiction.