# The Civil Courts (Amendment) Order 2016, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Civil Courts Order 2014 (SI 2014/819), which specifies the locations and names of the district registries of the High Court in England and Wales.
The amendments—
remove references to those places previously served by district registries, but which have now closed;
remove references to County Court hearing centres which have now also closed;
establish two new district registries at Port Talbot and Prestatyn, which will be operational from 31st October 2016; and
correct a typographical error in respect of the district registry at Bury St. Edmunds.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/974/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-courts-amendment-order-2016/note
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