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The Civil Courts (Amendment No. 4) Order 1997

S.I. 1997/2762 · Made 20 November 1997

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SUPREME COURT OF ENGLAND AND WALES

COUNTY COURTS

Made 20th November 1997

Laid before Parliament 20th November 1997

Coming into force

Articles 3(b) and 4(b) 24th December 1997

remaining provisions 15th December 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. 5Amendments to the 1983 Order
  6. Signature
  7. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Civil Courts (Amendment No. 4) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 15th December 1997, except for articles 3(b) and 4(b) which shall come into force on 24th 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)

“Alnwick”, “Berwick-upon-Tweed” and “Blyth” shall be deleted from their positions in the second column opposite the entry for “Newcastle upon Tyne” in the first column;

(b)

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

(c)

“Morpeth and Berwick” shall be substituted for “Morpeth” in the second column opposite the entry for “Newcastle upon Tyne” in the first column.

4Amendments to the 1983 Order

In Schedule 3—

(a)

the entries relating to “Alnwick”, “Berwick-upon-Tweed” and “Blyth” shall be deletedf1; and

(b)

the entry relating to “Bridlington” shall be deleted.

5Amendments to the 1983 Order

In Schedule 4, paragraph 10, there shall be inserted—

“10A

The name of the county court at Morpeth shall be the Morpeth and Berwick County Court.”.

Signature

Irvine of Lairg, C.

20th November 1997

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

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

(a)

close the County Courts at Alnwick, Blyth and Bridlington;

(b)

rename the County Court at Morpeth as the Morpeth and Berwick County Court; and

(c)

close the County Court at Berwick-upon-Tweed as a separate court (as it will become part of the new Morpeth and Berwick County Court).