Article 2 District Registries of the High CourtI1

England and Wales

(1)

There shall be a district registry at each of the places specified in the first column of the Schedule to this Order.

(2)

The name of every place so specified shall be the name of the district registry at that place, except that F1... the name of the district registry at Chatham shall be the Medway District Registry, the name of the district registry at Margate shall be the Thanet District Registry and the name of the district registry at Torquay shall be the Torquay and Newton Abbot District Registry.

F2(3)

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(4)

The district of each district registry shall be the area comprising the areas served by the hearing centres of the County Court named in the second column of the Schedule to this Order opposite the name of the place at which the district registry is situated.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in art. 2(2) omitted (31.10.2016) by virtue of The Civil Courts (Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/974), arts. 1, 2(2)
F2: Art. 2(3) omitted (1.10.2026) by virtue of The Senior Courts (Transfer, Amendment and Consequential Provision) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/723), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 14(3)

Commencement

I1: Art. 2 in force at 22.4.2014, see art. 1(1)