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The County Courts (Financial Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001

S.R. 2001/67 · Made 17 February 2001 · Extends to Northern Ireland

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COUNTY COURTS

Made 17th February 2001

To be laid before Parliament

Coming into operation in accordance with Article 1

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by Article 22(1) of the County Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1980f1, after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice, hereby makes the following Order:—

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1980/397 (N.I. 3)

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Increase of financial limits of civil jurisdiction of county courts
  4. 4Revocation
  5. Signature
  6. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencementI1

This Order may be cited as the County Courts (Financial Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation—

(a)

for the purpose of Article 3(a), on 5th September 2001; and

(b)

for the purpose of Article 3(b), on 19th March 2001.

2InterpretationI1

In this Order, “the principal Order” means the County Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1980.

3Increase of financial limits of civil jurisdiction of county courtsI1

Article 30 of the principal Order, shall be amended as follows—

F1(a)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b)

in paragraph (3) for the figure of “£1,000” there shall be substituted the figure of “£2,000”.

4RevocationI1

The entry relating to Article 30(1) of the principal Order in the Schedule to the County Courts (Financial Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 1993f1 and the entry relating to Article 30(3) of the principal Order in the Schedule to the County Courts (Financial Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 1992f2 are hereby revoked.

Signature

Irvine of Lairg, C.

Dated 17th February 2001

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order.)

This Order increases the jurisdiction of district judges in the county courts in Northern Ireland—

(a)

from £3,000 to £5,000 in respect of defended actions; and

(b)

from £1,000 to £2,000 in respect of arbitrations (small claims).