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The County Court (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2020

S.R. 2020/11 · Made 10 January 2020

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County Courts

Procedure

Made 10th January 2020

Coming into operation 2nd March 2020

The County Court Rules Committee makes the following Rules in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 47 of the County Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1980f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1980 No. 397 (N.I. 3); Article 47 was amended by the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4) and paragraph 33 of Schedule 17 to, and paragraph 118 of Schedule 18 to, the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010 No.976).

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
  2. 2Citation, commencement and interpretation
  3. 3Amendments to the County Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and interpretation

These Rules may be cited as the County Court (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2020 and shall come into operation on 2nd March 2020.

2Citation, commencement and interpretation

In these rules a reference to an Order, rule or paragraph is a reference to that Order, rule or paragraph so numbered in the County Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981f1.

3Amendments to the County Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981

The County Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981 are amended as follows—

(1)

In Appendix 2, Part IX (Miscellaneous Costs) for the heading “INTERLOCUTORY APPLICATIONS” substitute—

“INTERLOCUTORY APPLICATIONS: TABLE 1

Table 1”

Signature

David K McFarland

Sandra Crawford

Alistair F Devlin

Colin Mitchell

Ruth Collins

Dated 6th January 2020

In the exercise of the power conferred by Article 47(4) of the County Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1980, the Department of Justice allows these Rules.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Justice on 10th January 2020

L.S.

Peter May

A senior officer of the Department of Justice

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Rules)

These Rules amend the County Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981 (S.R. 1981 No. 225) to insert a new heading in Appendix 2, Part IX; Interlocutory Applications.