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The Civil Courts (Amendment) Order 2000

S.I. 2000/1482 · Made 6 June 2000

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SUPREME COURT, ENGLAND AND WALES

COUNTY COURTS, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 6th June 2000

Laid before Parliament 6th June 2000

Coming into force

articles 3 and 4 2nd January 2001

otherwise 3rd July 2000

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. 2Changes to district registries and county courts
  3. 3Changes to district registries and county courts
  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) Order 2000 and shall come into force:

(a)

as to articles 3 and 4, on 2nd January 2001; and

(b)

as to the remainder of this Order, on 3rd July 2000.

(2)

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

2Changes to district registries and county courts

(1)

The holding of the Lichfield County Court shall be discontinuedf1.

(2)

In Schedule 1, in the entry relating to Walsall, “Lichfield” shall be deleted from the second column.

(3)

In Schedule 3 the entry relating to Lichfield shall be deleted.

3Changes to district registries and county courts

(1)

The district registry of the High Court at Workington shall be closed and the holding of the Workington County Court shall be discontinued.

(2)

There shall be a district registry of the High Court at Whitehaven.

(3)

Whitehaven County Court shall have jurisdiction for the purposes of Parts VIII to XI of the Insolvency Act 1986, and its insolvency district shall be coterminous with its district for the purposes of section 2(3) of the County Courts Act 1984.

(4)

In Schedule 1—

(a)

the entry relating to Workington shall be deleted; and

(b)

the following entry shall be inserted in its appropriate alphabetical position—

“

WhitehavenWhitehaven

”.

(5)

In Schedule 3—

(a)

in the entry relating to Whitehaven—

(i)

in column 1, after “Whitehaven” there shall be inserted “(D.R.) ”; and

(ii)

in column 2, before “Divorce” there shall be inserted “Bankruptcy ”; and

(b)

the entry relating to Workington shall be deleted.

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 paragraph (2) of this article.

(2)

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

Signature

Irvine of Lairg, C

6th June 2000

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 court at Lichfield, with effect from 3rd July 2000; and

(b)

close the district registry and county court at Workington, with effect from 2nd January 2001, and

(i)

open a district registry at Whitehaven; and

(ii)

confer bankruptcy jurisdiction on Whitehaven County Court.