The Access to Justice Act 1999 (Destination of Appeals) Order 2016

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 2016/917
Year2016
(1) This Order may be cited as the Access to Justice Act 1999 (Destination of Appeals) Order 2016.(2) This Order comes into force on the twenty-first day after the day on which it is made.
  • In this Order—
  • do not apply to an appeal in family proceedings; and
  • any enactment that provides a different route of appeal; and
  • any requirement to obtain permission to appeal.
  • a person holding an office referred to in Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the 1981 Act;a District Judge of the High Court; ora person appointed to act as a deputy for any person holding an office referred to in subparagraph (a) or (b) or to act as a temporary additional officer in any such office.(2) In proceedings which have been allocated to the small claims track of the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court pursuant to rule 63.7a judge of the county court specified in section 5(1) (a) of the 1984 Act;a deputy appointed pursuant to section 24 of the Courts Act 1971section 5(2) (a) to (l) ; orsection 5(2) (n) to (q) ,(2) Paragraph (1) (c) (ii) shall not apply if the decision is made by a judge of the county court who is also a judge of the county court specified in section 5(1) (b) or (2) (m) or (r) of the 1984 Act.that judge is sitting as a judge of the county court; andthe decision to be appealed is made by a judge of the county court specified in section 5(1) (b) or (2) (m) or (r) to (v) of the 1984 Act.(4) In proceedings brought pursuant to the Companies Acts, an appeal from a decision of a judge of the county court specified in section 5(1) (b) or (2) (m) or (r) to (v) of the 1984 Act shall lie to the High Court.
  • an appeal is made to the county court or the High Court (other than from the decision of an officer authorised to assess costs by the Lord Chancellor) ; and
  • on hearing the appeal the...
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