Insolvency Act 1985

202 Insolvency districts

(1) The Lord Chancellor may by order designate the areas which are for the time being to be comprised, for the purposes of this Part, in the London insolvency district and the insolvency district of each county court; and an order under this section may—

(a) exclude any county court from having jurisdiction for the purposes of this Part; or

(b) confer jurisdiction for the purposes of this Part on any county court which has not previously had that jurisdiction.

(2) An order under this section may contain such incidental, supplemental and transitional provisions as may appear to the Lord Chancellor necessary or expedient.

(3) An order under this section shall be made by statutory instrument and, after being made, shall be laid before each House of Parliament.

(4) Subject to any order under this section—

(a) the district which, on the day before the coming into force of this section, is the London bankruptcy district shall, after that day, be the London insolvency district;

(b) any district which on that day is the bankruptcy district of a county court shall, after that day, be the insolvency district of that court; and

(c) any county court which on that day is excluded from having jurisdiction in bankruptcy shall, after that day, be excluded from having jurisdiction for the purposes of this Part.