Civil Courts (Amendment) Order 1998
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1998/1880 |
| Year | 1998 |
1998 No. 1880
SUPREME COURT OF ENGLAND AND WALESCOUNTY COURTS
The Civil Courts (Amendment) Order 1998
Made 31th July 1998
Laid before Parliament 7th August 1998
Coming into force 7th September 1998
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 2(1) and 26(1) of the County Courts Act 19841, section 99(1) of the Supreme Court Act 19812, section 33(1) of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 19843, section 67(1) and (2) of the Race Relations Act 19764and sections 117(4) and 374 of the Insolvency Act 19865hereby makes the following Order–
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Civil Courts (Amendment) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 7th September 1998.
Interpretation
2. In this Order, “the 1983 Order” means the Civil Courts Order 19836, 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) “Holywell” shall be deleted from its position in the second column opposite the entry for“Rhyl” in the first column; and
(b) the entry relating to Rochdale shall be deleted.
4. In Schedule 3 the entries relating to “Holywell” and “Rochdale” shall be deleted7.
Irvine of Lairg, C.
Dated 31st July 1998
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Civil Courts Order 1983 so as to close the County Courts at Holywell and Rochdale.
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