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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5Transitional Provisions consequential on Merger or Abolition of certain Courts

PART IThe Palatine Courts

Pending Proceedings

2(1)Subject to any provision made (whether before or after the relevant date) by Rules of the Supreme Court.—

(a)any proceedings which had been begun in the Palatine Court before the relevant date may be continued on and after that date in the High Court as if they had been begun in the High Court; and

(b)anything done in accordance with the rules applicable to proceedings in the Palatine Court shall be treated as having been done in accordance with the rules applicable to corresponding proceedings in the High Court.

(2)Any act, judgment or order of the Palatine Court in any proceedings shall have the like effect, and further proceedings may be taken in respect of it, as if it were an act, judgment or order of the High Court.