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(1)In section 56(2) of the [1959 c. 22.] County Courts Act 1959 (which limits a county court's jurisdiction in Admiralty matters)—
(a)for " one thousand pounds " there shall be substituted " £5,000 ", and
(b)for " three thousand five hundred pounds " there shall be substituted " £15,000 ".
(2)In section 60 of that Act (costs of certain Admiralty proceedings)—
(a)subsection (2) shall cease to have effect;
(b)in subsection (3)—
(i)after the word " ship", in the first place where it occurs, there shall be inserted the words " or any claim for salvage services, " , and
(ii)for " £100 " there shall be substituted " £350 ";
(c)in subsection (4), for " one thousand pounds" there shall be substituted " £5,000 "; and
(d)in subsection (5), for " (2) to" there shall be substituted œ(3) and ".
(3)In section 62(1) of that Act (jurisdiction of county courts in probate matters), for " one thousand pounds " there shall be substituted " £15,000 ".
(4)In section 192(2)(a) of that Act (financial limits which may be raised by Order in Council), for " 60(3)" there shall be substituted " 56(2), 60, 62(1), ".
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