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The Civil Courts (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 1999

S.I. 1999/3187 · Made 26 November 1999

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SUPREME COURT, ENGLAND AND WALES

COUNTY COURTS, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 26th November 1999

Laid before Parliament 29th November 1999

Coming into force in accordance with article 1

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 99(1) of the Supreme Court Act 1981f1, sections 2(1) and 26 of the County Courts Act 1984f2 and section 374(1) of the Insolvency Act 1986f3, hereby makes the following Order:—

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1981 c. 54.

f2

1984 c. 28.

f3

1986 c. 45.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
  2. 2Amendments to the Civil Courts Order 1983
  3. 3Amendments to the Civil Courts Order 1983
  4. 4Transitional provisions in relation to Admiralty proceedings
  5. Signature
  6. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Civil Courts (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 1999 and shall come into force:

(a)

as to articles 3 and 4(3), on 31st January 2000; and

(b)

as to the remainder of this Order, on 20th December 1999.

(2)

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

2Amendments to the Civil Courts Order 1983

In Schedules 1 and 3 the entry relating to Bridgwater shall be deletedf1.

3Amendments to the Civil Courts Order 1983

(1)

In Schedule 1:

(a)

in the entry relating to Romford, “Grays Thurrock” shall be deleted from the second column;

(b)

the entry relating to Great Yarmouth shall be deleted.

(2)

In Schedule 3:

(a)

the entries relating to Grays Thurrock and Great Yarmouth shall be deleted;

(b)

in column 4 of the entry relating to Lowestoft, for “Great Yarmouth” there shall be substituted “Norwich”.

4Transitional provisions in relation to Admiralty proceedings

(1)

Article 5 of the Civil Courts (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1999f1 shall continue to have effect, subject to the following paragraphs of this article.

(2)

Bristol County Court shall have jurisdiction in respect of Admiralty proceedings which were commenced in or transferred to Bridgwater County Court before 26th April 1999, and are in existence in Bridgwater County Court immediately before this paragraph comes into force.

(3)

Lowestoft County Court shall have jurisdiction in respect of Admiralty proceedings which were commenced in or transferred to Great Yarmouth County Court before 26th April 1999, and are in existence in Great Yarmouth County Court immediately before this paragraph comes into force.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor

Jane Kennedy

Parliamentary Secretary

Lord Chancellor’s Department

26th November 1999

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Civil Courts Order 1983 so as to:—

(a)

close the district registry and county court at Bridgwater, with effect from 20th December 1999; and

(b)

close the district registry and county court at Great Yarmouth, and the county court at Grays Thurrock, with effect from 31st January 2000.