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.