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The Civil Courts (Amendment) Order 2001

S.I. 2001/4025 · Made 17 December 2001

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SUPREME COURT OF ENGLAND AND WALES

COUNTY COURTS, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 17th December 2001

Laid before Parliament 19th December 2001

Coming into force 1st April 2002

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 99(1) of the Supreme Court Act 1981f1 and section 2(1) of the County Courts Act 1984f2, makes the following Order:—

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1981 c. 54.

f2

1984 c. 28.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Civil Courts (Amendment) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 1st April 2002.

(2)

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

2

(1)

The holding of the Chepstow and Monmouth County Courts shall be discontinuedf1.

(2)

In Schedule 1, “Chepstow” and “Monmouth” shall be deleted from their positions in the second column opposite the entry for “Newport (Gwent) ” in the first column.

(3)

In Schedule 3, the entries relating to Chepstow and Monmouth shall be deleted.

(4)

The Newport (Gwent) County Court shall have jurisdiction in proceedings commenced in the Chepstow County Court or the Monmouth County Court before this Order comes into force.

Signature

Irvine of Lairg, C.

Dated 17th December 2001

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 Chepstow and Monmouth.