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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-england-and-wales-rules-2016/schedule-6/paragraph-wrapper43n1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2016/1024",
  "legislation_title": "The Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-england-and-wales-rules-2016",
  "path": "schedule/6/paragraph/wrapper43n1",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": null,
  "text": "[Note: where the entry “London Insolvency District” appears in this table, jurisdiction under Part A1 to 7 of the Act is conferred on the High Court as a result of article 6B of the High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/724) which was inserted by the High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/821).]\nName of county court hearing centre\nParts of the Insolvency Act under which proceedings may be commenced at a county court hearing centre or the alternative court or county court hearing centre where proceedings may be commenced\nNearest full time court or hearing centre\nAberystwyth\nPart A1 to 11\nCardiff\nAldershot & Farnham\nGuildford\nBanbury\nPart A1 to 11\nLuton, Gloucester or Reading\nBarnet\nLondon Insolvency District - High Court for Part A1 to 7 (see head note); County Court at Central London for Parts 7A to 11\nBarnsley\nPart A1 to 11\nSheffield\nBarnstaple\nPart A1 to 11\nExeter\nBarrow-in-Furness\nPart A1 to 11\nBlackpool or Preston\nBasildon\nSouthend-on-Sea\nBasingstoke\nReading\nBath\nPart A1 to 11\nBristol\nBedford\nPart A1 to 11\nLuton\nBirkenhead\nPart A1 to 11\nBirmingham\nPart A1 to 11\nBlackburn\nPart A1 to 11\nPreston\nBlackpool\nPart A1 to 11\nBlackwood\nPart A1 to 11\nCardiff\nBodmin\nTruro\nBolton\nPart A1 to 11\nBoston\nPart A1 to 11\nNottingham\nBournemouth and Poole\nPart A1 to 11\nBow\nLondon Insolvency District - High Court for Part A1 to 7 (see head note); County Court at Central London for Parts 7A to 11\nBradford\nPart A1 to 11\nBrentford\nLondon Insolvency District - High Court for Part A1 to 7 (see head note); County Court at Central London for Parts 7A to 11\nBrighton\nPart A1 to 11\nBristol\nPart A1 to 11\nBromley\nCroydon\nBurnley\nPart A1 to 11\nBolton or Preston\nBury\nPart A1 to 11\nBolton\nBury St. Edmunds\nPart A1 to 11\nCambridge\nCaernarfon\nPart A1 to 11\nCambridge\nPart A1 to 11\nCanterbury\nPart A1 to 11\nCroydon or the High Court (London)\nCardiff\nPart A1 to 11\nCarlisle\nPart A1 to 11\nPreston or Blackpool\nCarmarthen\nPart A1 to 11\nCardiff\nCounty Court at Central London\nLondon Insolvency District - High Court for Part A1 to 7 (see head note); County Court at Central London for Parts 7A to 11\nChelmsford\nPart A1 to 11\nSouthend or the High Court (London)\nChester\nPart A1 to 11\nChesterfield\nPart A1 to 11\nSheffield\nChichester\nBrighton\nChippenham and Trowbridge\nBath\nClerkenwell and Shoreditch\nLondon Insolvency District - High Court for Part A1 to 7 (see head note); County Court at Central London for Parts 7A to 11\nColchester\nPart A1 to 11\nSouthend or the High Court (London)\nConwy and Colwyn\nCaernarfon\nCoventry\nPart A1 to 11\nBirmingham\nCrewe\nPart A1 to 11\nStoke or Chester\nCroydon\nPart A1 to 11\nDarlington\nPart A1 to 11\nMiddlesbrough\nDartford\nMedway\nDerby\nPart A1 to 11\nDoncaster\nPart A1 to 11\nSheffield\nDudley\nPart A1 to 11\nBirmingham\nDurham\nPart A1 to 11\nNewcastle\nEastbourne\nPart A1 to 11\nBrighton\nEdmonton\nLondon Insolvency District - High Court for Part A1 to 7 (see head note); County Court at Central London for Parts 7A to 11\nExeter\nPart A1 to 11\nGateshead\nNewcastle upon Tyne\nGloucester and Cheltenham\nPart A1 to 11\nGreat Grimsby\nPart A1 to 11\nHull\nGuildford\nPart A1 to 11\nCroydon\nHalifax\nPart A1 to 11\nLeeds\nHarrogate\nPart A1 to 11\nLeeds\nHartlepool\nMiddlesbrough\nHastings\nPart A1 to 11\nBrighton\nHaverfordwest\nPart A1 to 11\nCardiff\nHereford\nPart A1 to 11\nGloucester\nHertford\nPart A1 to 11\nLuton\nHigh Wycombe\nAylesbury\nHorsham\nBrighton\nHuddersfield\nPart A1 to 11\nLeeds\nIpswich\nPart A1 to 11\nNorwich or Southend\nKendal\nPart A1 to 11\nBlackpool or Preston\nKettering\nNorthampton\nKings Lynn\nNorwich or Peterborough\nKingston-upon-Hull\nPart A1 to 11\nKingston-upon-Thames\nPart A1 to 11\nLambeth\nLondon Insolvency District - High Court for Part A1 to 7 (see head note); County Court at Central London for Parts 7A to 11\nLancaster\nPart A1 to 11\nBlackpool or Preston\nLeeds\nPart A1 to 11\nLeicester\nPart A1 to 11\nLewes\nBrighton\nLincoln\nPart A1 to 11\nNottingham\nLiverpool\nPart A1 to 11\nLlanelli\nSwansea\nLlangefni\nPart A1 to 11\nLuton\nPart A1 to 11\nMaidstone\nPart A1 to 11\nCroydon or the High Court (London)\nManchester\nPart A1 to 11\nMansfield\nNottingham\nMayor's and City of London\nLondon Insolvency District - High Court for Part A1 to 7 (see head note); County Court at Central London for Parts 7A to 11\nMedway\nCanterbury\nCroydon or the High Court (London)\nMerthyr Tydfil\nPart A1 to 11\nCardiff\nMiddlesbrough\nPart A1 to 11\nMilton Keynes\nPart A1 to 11\nLuton\nMold\nWrexham\nWrexham\nNewcastle upon Tyne\nPart A1 to 11\nNewport (Gwent)\nPart A1 to 11\nCardiff\nNewport (Isle of Wight)\nPart A1 to 11\nSouthampton or Portsmouth\nNorthampton\nPart A1 to 11\nLuton\nNorth Shields\nNewcastle upon Tyne\nNorwich\nPart A1 to 11\nNottingham\nPart A1\nNuneaton\nOldham\nPart A1 to 11\nOxford\nPart A1 to 11\nReading\nPeterborough\nPart A1 to 11\nCambridge\nPlymouth\nPart A1 to 11\nPontypridd\nPart A1 to 11\nCardiff\nPortsmouth\nPart A1 to 11\nPort Talbot\nPart A1 to 11\nPrestatyn\nPart A1 to 11\nPreston\nPart A1 to 11\nReading\nPart A1 to 11\nReigate\nGuildford\nRhyl\nPart A1 to 11\nBirkenhead or Chester\nRomford\nPart A1 to 11\nSalisbury\nPart A1 to 11\nBournemouth or Southampton\nScarborough\nPart A1 to 11\nYork, Hull or Middlesbrough\nScunthorpe\nPart A1 to 11\nHull or Sheffield\nSheffield\nPart A1 to 11\nSkipton\nBradford\nSlough\nPart A1 to 11\nSouthampton\nPart A1 to 11\nSouthend-on-Sea\nPart A1 to 11\nSouth Shields\nNewcastle upon Tyne\nStafford\nPart A1 to 11\nStoke\nStaines\nGuildford\nSt Albans\nPart A1 to 11\nLuton\nSt Helens\nLiverpool\nStockport\nPart A1 to 11\nManchester\nStoke-on-Trent\nPart A1 to 11\nSunderland\nPart A1 to 11\nNewcastle\nSwansea\nPart A1 to 11\nCardiff\nSwindon\nPart A1 to 11\nGloucester or Reading\nTaunton\nPart A1 to 11\nExeter or Bristol\nTelford\nPart A1 to 11\nThanet\nCanterbury\nTorquay & Newton Abbot\nPart A1 to 11\nExeter\nTruro\nPart A1 to 11\nPlymouth\nTunbridge Wells\nPart A1 to 11\nCroydon\nUxbridge\nThe County Court at Central London\nWakefield\nPart A1 to 11\nLeeds\nWalsall\nPart A1 to 11\nWandsworth\nLondon Insolvency District - High Court for Part A1 to 7 (see head note); County Court at Central London for Parts 7A to 11\nWarwick\nPart A1 to 11\nBirmingham\nWatford\nLuton\nWelshpool & Newton\nPart A1 to 11\nStoke or Chester\nWest Cumbria\nPart A1 to 11\nWeston Super Mare\nBristol\nWeymouth\nBournemouth\nBournemouth\nWigan\nPart A1 to 11\nBolton, Manchester or Preston\nWillesden\nLondon Insolvency District - High Court for Part A1 to 7 (see head note); County Court at Central London for Parts 7A to 11\nWinchester\nPart A1 to 11\nSouthampton\nWolverhampton\nPart A1 to 11\nWoolwich\nCroydon\nWorcester\nPart A1 to 11\nGloucester\nWorthing\nBrighton\nWrexham\nPart A1 to 11\nBirkenhead, Stoke or Chester\nYeovil\nPart A1 to 11\nExeter or Bristol\nYork\nPart A1 to 11",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 6 substituted (1.10.2021) by virtue of The Insolvency (England and Wales) (No.2) (Amendment) Rules 2021 (S.I. 2021/1028), rule 1, Sch. 1 paras. 2, 3 (with rules 4, 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 6 applied (with modifications) (19.3.2024) by The Water Industry (Special Administration) (England and Wales) Rules 2024 (S.I. 2024/229), rules 1, 5(1)(d) (with rule 2(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Sch. 6 applied (with modifications) (temp.) (26.6.2020) by Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (c. 12), s. 49(1), Sch. 4 para. 47 (with ss. 2(2), 5(2), Sch. 4 para. 12)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Sch. 6 applied (with modifications) (30.9.2021) by S.I. 2014/229, art. 2(2A), Sch. 1A paras. 1(4)(5), 35, 38 (as inserted by The Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies (Administration) (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1048), arts. 1(1), 2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:19:01.539785+00:00"
  },
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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