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The High Court (Distribution of Business) Order 2014

S.I. 2014/3257 · Made 8 December 2014

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Senior Courts Of England And Wales

Made 8th December 2014

Laid before Parliament 11th December 2014

Coming into force 6th April 2015

The Lord Chief Justice makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 61(3) of the Senior Courts Act 1981f1.

This Order is made with the concurrence of the Lord Chancellor in accordance with section 61(3) of the Senior Courts Act 1981 and with the concurrence of the President of the Queen’s Bench Division and of the President of the Family Division in accordance with section 61(5) of that Act.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1981 c.54. Section 61(3) was amended by paragraph 129(2) of Part 1 of Schedule 4 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c.4).

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Assignment of business to the Queen’s Bench Division of the High Court
  3. 3Assignment of business to the Family Division of the High Court
  4. 4Amendments to Schedule 1 to the Senior Courts Act 1981
  5. Signature
  6. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the High Court (Distribution of Business) Order 2014 and comes into force on 6th April 2015.

2Assignment of business to the Queen’s Bench Division of the High Court

All applications for writs of habeas corpus, except applications for a writ of habeas corpus for release relating to a minor, are assigned to the Queen’s Bench Division of the High Court.

3Assignment of business to the Family Division of the High Court

All applications for a writ of habeas corpus for release relating to a minor are assigned to the Family Division of the High Court.

4Amendments to Schedule 1 to the Senior Courts Act 1981

In Schedule 1 to the Senior Courts Act 1981f1—

(a)

for paragraph 2(a), substitute—

“(a)

applications for writs of habeas corpus, except applications for a writ of habeas corpus for release relating to a minor;”; and

(b)

in paragraph 3, after sub-paragraph (a) insert—

“(aa)

applications for a writ of habeas corpus for release relating to a minor;”.

Signature

Thomas of Cwmgiedd

Lord Chief Justice

3rd December 2014

I concur,

Simon Hughes

Minister of State

Ministry of Justice

8th December 2014

I concur,

Sir Brian Leveson

President of the Queen’s Bench Division

3rd December 2014

I concur,

Sir James Munby

President of the Family Division

3rd December 2014

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order assigns to the Queen’s Bench Division of the High Court all applications for writs of habeas corpus, except applications for a writ of habeas corpus for release relating to a minor, and assigns to Family Division of the High Court all applications for a writ of habeas corpus for release relating to a minor. Paragraphs 2 and 3 of Schedule 1 to the Senior Courts Act 1981 (c.54) are amended consequentially.