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The Civil Courts (Amendment No. 4) Order 1994

S.I. 1994/2893 · Made 14 November 1994

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SUPREME COURT OF ENGLAND AND WALES

COUNTY COURTS

INSOLVENCY

Made 14th November 1994

Laid before Parliament 14th November 1994

Coming into force

Article 5(a) 9th January 1995

Remainder 5th December 1994

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 99(1) of the Supreme Court Act 1981f1, sections 2(1) 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

1981 c. 54.

f2

1984 c. 28.

f3

1986 c. 45.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
  2. 2Citation, commencement and interpretation
  3. 3Amendments to the 1983 Order
  4. 4Amendments to the 1983 Order
  5. 5Amendments to the 1983 Order
  6. 6Amendments to the 1983 Order
  7. Signature
  8. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and interpretation

This Order may be cited as the Civil Courts (Amendment No. 4) Order 1994 and shall come into force on 5th December 1994, except for article 5(a) which shall come into force on 9th January 1995.

2Citation, commencement and interpretation

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

3Amendments to the 1983 Order

The 1983 Order shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this Order.

4Amendments to the 1983 Order

In Schedule 1—

(a)

in the entry relating to Birkenhead, the words “Ellesmere Port” shall be deleted;

(b)

in the entry relating to Carmarthen, the word “Lampeter” shall be deleted;

(c)

in the entry relating to Plymouth, the word “Launceston” shall be deleted;

(d)

in the entry relating to Salisbury, the word “Shaftesbury” shall be deleted; and

(e)

in the entry relating to Yeovil, the words “Axminster and Chard” shall be deleted.

5Amendments to the 1983 Order

In Schedule 3—

(a)

the entry relating to Amersham shall be deletedf1; and

(b)

the entries relating to Axminster, Ellesmere Port, Lampeter, Launceston and Shaftesbury shall be deleted.

6Amendments to the 1983 Order

In Schedule 4—

(a)

the entry relating to Axminster shall be omitted; and

(b)

the existing entries numbered 3 to 14 shall be renumbered 2 to 13 respectively.

Signature

Mackay of Clashfern, C

Dated 14th November 1994

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 Amersham, Axminster, Ellesmere Port, Lampeter, Launceston and Shaftesbury.