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The Civil Courts (Amendment) Order 1998

S.I. 1998/1880 · Made 31 July 1998

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SUPREME COURT OF ENGLAND AND WALES

COUNTY COURTS

Made 31st July 1998

Laid before Parliament 7th August 1998

Coming into force 7th September 1998

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 2(1) and 26(1) of the County Courts Act 1984f1, section 99(1) of the Supreme Court Act 1981f2, section 33(1) of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984f3, section 67(1) and (2) of the Race Relations Act 1976f4 and sections 117(4) and 374 of the Insolvency Act 1986f5 hereby makes the following Order–

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1984 c. 28.

f2

1981 c. 54.

f3

1984 c. 42.

f4

1976 c. 74.

f5

1986 c. 45.

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) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 7th September 1998.

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)

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

(b)

the entry relating to Rochdale shall be deleted.

4Amendments to the 1983 Order

In Schedule 3 the entries relating to “Holywell” and “Rochdale” shall be deletedf1.

Signature

Irvine of Lairg, C.

Dated 31st July 1998

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 Holywell and Rochdale.