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The Civil Courts (Amendment No. 3) Order 1997

S.I. 1997/2310 · Made 21 September 1997

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SUPREME COURT OF ENGLAND AND WALES

COUNTY COURTS

Made 21st September 1997

Laid before Parliament 6th October 1997

Coming into force

Articles 3 and 4(a) 1st December 1997

remaining provisions 10th November 1997

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 2(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. 3) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 10th November 1997, except for articles 3 and 4(a) which shall come into force on 1st December 1997.

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)

“Braintree” shall be deleted from its position in the second column opposite the entry for “Colchester” in the first column; and

(b)

“Bishop’s Stortford” shall be deleted from its position in the second column opposite the entry for “Harlow” in the first column.

4Amendments to the 1983 Order

In Schedule 3—

(a)

the entries relating to “Bishop’s Stortford” and “Braintree” shall be deletedf1 and

(b)

“Divorce” shall be inserted in column 2, opposite the entry for “Brecon” in the first column.

Signature

Irvine of Lairg, C.

Dated 21st September 1997

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 Bishop’s Stortford and Braintree. In addition, this Order extends divorce jurisdiction to the Brecknock County Court.