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The Courts Act 2003 (Consequential Amendment) Order 2006

S.I. 2006/1001 · Made 29 March 2006

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SUPREME COURT OF ENGLAND AND WALES

COUNTY COURTS

MAGISTRATES' COURTS

Made 29th March 2006

Coming into force 6th April 2006

The Lord Chancellor makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 109(4)(a) and (5)(b) of the Courts Act 2003f1.

A draft of this instrument was laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament in accordance with section 108(2) and (3)(c)(ii) of that Act.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2003 c. 39.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and extent
  2. 2Amendment to the Child Support Act 1991
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and extent

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Courts Act 2003 (Consequential Amendment) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 6th April 2006.

(2)

This Order shall extend to England and Wales and to Scotland.

2Amendment to the Child Support Act 1991

In section 33 of the Child Support Act 1991f1 (liability orders), in subsection (5), for “section 73 of the County Courts Act 1984 (register of judgments and orders)” substitute “section 98 of the Courts Act 2003 (register of judgments and orders etc)”.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor

Bridget Prentice

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Constitutional Affairs

Dated 29th March 2006

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends section 33(5) of the Child Support Act 1991 (c. 48) to substitute the reference to the register of judgments held in accordance with the County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28) with a reference to the register held in accordance with the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39).

This amendment is consequential to the repeal of section 73 of the County Courts Act 1984 and the commencement of section 98(1)(b) and (c) of the Courts Act 2003.