Civil Courts (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1998
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1998/2910 |
| Year | 1998 |
1998 No. 2910
COUNTY COURTS
The Civil Courts (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1998
Made 21th November 1998
Laid before Parliament 25th November 1998
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 2(1) of the County Courts Act 19841, section 33(1) of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 19842and section 374(1) of the Insolvency Act 19863, hereby makes the following Order:–
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Civil Courts (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 24th December 1998, except for article 4(a), which shall come into force on 31st December 1998.
Interpretation
2. In this Order, “the 1983 Order” means the Civil Courts Order 19834, and a Schedule referred to by number alone means the Schedule so numbered in that Order.
Amendments to the 1983 Order
3. In Schedule 1:
(a) “Camborne and Redruth” shall be deleted from its position in the second column opposite the entry for “Truro” in the first column;
(b) “West Bromwich” shall be deleted from its position in the first and second columns.
4. In Schedule 3:
(a) the entry relating to Loughborough shall be deleted;
(b) the entries relating to Camborne, Hemel Hempstead and West Bromwich shall be deleted5;
(c) the word “Divorce” shall be inserted in Column 2 opposite the entry for Penzance in Column 1;
(d) opposite the entry for Staines in Column 1, “Kingston-upon-Thames” shall replace “Slough” in Column 4.
In Schedule 4, paragraph 3 shall be deleted.
5. In Schedule 4, paragraph 3 shall be deleted.
6. For the purpose of section 33(1) of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984, the County Court at Penzance is hereby designated as a divorce county court and court of trial.
Irvine of Lairg, C.
Dated 21st November 1998.
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Civil Courts Order 1983 so as to:
(a) close Camborne and Redruth, Hemel Hempstead and West Bromwich County Courts on 24th December 1998 and Loughborough County Court on 31st December 1998;
(b) confer divorce jurisdiction upon Penzance County Court;
(c) transfer...
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