# The County Courts Jurisdiction Order 1981, Article 2


Subject to the transitional provisions set out in the Schedule to this Order, the enactments specified in column 1 of the following table shall be amended by substituting for the sum specified in column 2 opposite each such enactment, wherever such sum appears therein, the sum so specified in column 3:—
TABLE
Column1
Column2
Column3
County Courts Act 1959:
Section 39 (contract and tort)
£2,000
£5,000
Section 40 (money recoverable by statute)
£2,000
£5,000
Section 41 (abandonment of excess)
£2,000
£5,000
Section 45 (transfer from High Court to county court)
£2,000
£5,000
Section 47(1)(a) and (1A)(a) (county court costs in High Court)
£1,200
£3,000
Section 47(1)(b) and (1A)(b) (no costs in High Court)
£350
£600
Section 52 (equity)
£15,000
£30,000
Section 62 (probate)
£15,000
£30,000
Section 68 (transfer of interpleader from High Court to county court)
£2,000
£5,000
Section 80 (action by minor for wages)
£2,000
£5,000
Section 102(3)(c) (registrars' jurisdiction)
£200
£500
Section 146 (attachment of debts)
£2,000
£5,000
First Schedule (miscellaneous jurisdiction)
£15,000
£30,000
£2,000
£5,000
Settled Land Act 1925, section 113(3)
£15,000
£30,000
Solicitors Act 1974, section 69(3) (actions for solicitors' costs)
£2,000
£5,000
Consumer Credit Act 1974, section 139(5) (re-opening of extortionate credit agreements)
£2,000
£5,000
Charging Orders Act 1979, section 1(2)(c)
£2,000
£5,000

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1981/1123/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/county-courts-jurisdiction-order-1981/article-2
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