Article 4

(1)

In rule 1(2) of Order 48B:—

(a)

in the definition of “authority”, the word “local” shall be substituted for the word “London”;

(b)

there shall be inserted at the end of the definition of “the Order” the following:—

“as it applies to a local authority”.

(2)

After paragraph (3) of rule 1 of Order 48B, there shall be inserted the following:—

“(4)

The references in paragraph (2) to a local authority mean:—

(a)

in England, a London authority, a county or district council or the Council of the Isles of Scilly; and

(b)

in Wales, a county or county borough council.”.

The undersigned members of the Rule Committee appointed by the Lord Chancellor under section 75 of the County Courts Act 1984^f1, having made these Rules, certify them and submit them to the Lord Chancellor.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1984 c. 28; section 75 was amended by the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41), sections 2(4), 16, Schedule 18, paragraph 47.