Article 3 County Courts

(1)

A county court shall be established at Whitehaven.

(2)

For the purposes of section 33(1) of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984, the Whitehaven County Court shall be a divorce county court and a court of trial.

(3)

For the purposes of section 26 of the County Courts Act 1984 the district of the Whitehaven County Court shall be assigned for admiralty purposes to the Workington County Court.

(4)

For the purposes of sections 117(4) and 374 of the Insolvency Act 1986 the Whitehaven County Court shall be excluded from having jurisdiction under those provisions and the district of the Whitehaven County Court shall be attached for bankruptcy and winding-up of companies purposes to the Workington County Court.

(5)

The amendments set out in the Schedule to this Order shall be made to the Civil Courts Order 1983^f1 being amendments that are consequential upon the foregoing provisions of this order.

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Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1983/713. The Civil Courts (Amendment No.2) Order 1984 (S.I. 1984/1075) transferred the district registry of the High Court at Whitehaven to Workington upon closing the county court at Whitehaven.