The Civil Courts Order 1983

Statutory Instruments

1983 No. 713

SUPREME COURT OF ENGLAND AND WALES COUNTY COURTS

JURISDICTION

The Civil Courts Order 1983

Made

11th May 1983

Laid before Parliament

12th May 1983

Coming into Operation

1st August 1983

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 99(1) of the Supreme Court Act 1981; by section 29(1) of the Administration of Justice Act 1982; by section 1(1) of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1967; by section 55 of the County Courts Act 1959; by section 96 of the Bankruptcy Act 1914 and section 218(5) of the Companies Act 1948; and by section 67(1) and (2) of the Race Relations Act 1976; hereby makes the following Order:—

1.  This Order may be cited as the Civil Courts Order 1983 and shall come into operation on 1st August 1983.

District Registries of the High Court

2.  The district registry of the High Court at Builth shall be closed.

3.  A district registry of the High Court shall be established at Brecon.

4.—(1) There shall be a district registry of the High Court at each of the places specified in the first column of Schedule 1 to this Order.

(2) The name of every place so specified shall be the name of the district registry at that place, except that the name of the district registry at Brecon shall be the Brecknock District Registry, the name of the district registry at Chatham shall be the Medway District Registry and the name of the district registry at Margate shall be the Thanet District Registry.

(3) A district registry which is appointed a Chancery district registry by the Rules of the Supreme Court 1965(1) is denoted by the words “(Chancery)” beneath the name of the place at which the district registry is situated.

(4) The district of each district registry shall be the area comprising the districts for the time being of the county courts named in the second column of Schedule 1 to this Order opposite the name of the place at which the district registry is situated.

County Courts

5.—(1) The holding of the Bromsgrove, Builth, Didcot, Leek, Louth, East Retford, Thame, Uttoxeter, Whitchurch and Witney County Courts shall be discontinued.

(2) The county courts mentioned in column 2 of Schedule 2 to this Order shall have jurisdiction in proceedings commenced before this Order comes into operation in the courts mentioned opposite thereto in column 1.

(3) No process shall be invalid only because the court is described therein by the name by which it was known prior to the coming into operation of this Order.

6.—(1) There shall be a county court at each of the places mentioned in the first column of Schedule 3 to this Order.

(2) The name of every place so specified shall be name of the county court at that place except where the contrary is specified in Schedule 4 to this Order.

(3) The entries in respect of the City of London in Schedules 3 and 4 to this Order stem from section 42 of the Courts Act 1971 and are not made by virtue of section 29 of the Administration of Justice Act 1982.

(4) The letters “D.R.” in the first column of Schedule 3 to this Order denote a district registry of the High Court.

7.  For the purpose of section 1(1) of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1967, where the word “Divorce” appears in the second column of Schedule 3 to this Order opposite a place name in the first column, the county court at that place is hereby designated as a divorce county court and that county court is also designated as a court of trial.

8.  For the purposes of section 55(1) of the County Courts Act 1959:—

(a) where the word “Admiralty” appears in the second column of Schedule 3 to this Order opposite a place named in the first column the county court at that place shall be appointed to have Admiralty jurisdiction;

(b) the district of a county court not appointed to have Admiralty jurisdiction shall be assigned for Admiralty purposes to the Admiralty county court named in the third column of Schedule 3 to this Order opposite the name of the place at which the court is situated.

9.  For the purposes of section 96(2) of the Bankruptcy Act 1914 and of section 218(5) of the Companies Act 1948:—

(a) the county court at a place named in the first column of Schedule 3 to this Order shall be excluded from having jurisdiction under those Acts if the word “Bankruptcy” does not appear in the second column of the Schedule opposite the name of the place;

(b) the district of a county court excluded from having jurisdiction under those Acts shall be attached for the purposes of those jurisdictions to the Bankruptcy county court named in the fourth column of Schedule 3 to this Order opposite the name of the place at which the court is situated.

10.  For the purposes of section 67(1) and (2) of the Race Relations Act 1976:—

(a) where the words “Race Relations” appear in the second column of Schedule 3 to this Order opposite a place named in the first column the county court at that place shall be designated for the purposes of that Act;

(b) the district of a county court not designated for the purposes of that Act shall be assigned for Race Relations purposes to the Race Relations county court named in the fifth column of Schedule 3 to this Order opposite the name of the place at which the court is situated.

11.  The Orders specified in Schedule 5 to this Order are hereby revoked.

Hailsham of St. Marylebone. C

Dated 11th May 1983

Article 4(1)

SCHEDULE 1

First Column	Second Column
NAME OF PLACE	DISTRICTS DEFINED BY REFERENCE TO COUNTY COURT DISTRICTS
Aberystwyth	Aberystwyth Dolgellau
Bangor	Bangor Llangefni
Barnsley	Barnsley
Barnstaple	Barnstaple
Barrow-in-Furness	Barrow-in-Furness and Ulverston
Bath	Bath Chippenham Trowbridge
Bedford	Bedford
Birkenhead	Birkenhead Ellesmere Port
Birmingham (CHANCERY)	Birmingham Redditch
Blackburn	Blackburn
Blackpool	Blackpool
Blackwood	Bargoed Blackwood
Bolton	Bolton
Boston	Boston Skegness Sleaford Spalding
Bournemouth	Bournemouth Poole
Bradford	Bradford
Brecon	Brecknock Llandrindod Wells
Bridgend	Bridgend Neath and Port Talbot
Bridgwater	Bridgwater
Brighton	Brighton Haywards Heath Lewes
Bristol (CHANCERY)	Bristol Weston Super Mare
Burnley	Accrington Burnley Nelson Rawtenstall
Bury	Bury
Bury St. Edmunds	Bury St. Edmunds Sudbury
Caernarfon	Caernarfon Conwy Porthmadog
Cambridge	Bishop's Stortford Cambridge
Canterbury	Ashford Canterbury
Cardiff (CHANCERY)	Barry Cardiff
Carlisle	Carlisle Penrith
Carmarthen	Ammanford Carmarthen Lampeter Llanelli
Chatham	Dartford Gravesend Medway Sheerness Sittingbourne
Chelmsford	Chelmsford Maldon
Cheltenham	Cheltenham
Chester	Chester Runcorn
Chesterfield	Alfreton Chesterfield Worksop
Chichester	Chichester
Colchester	Braintree Colchester and Clacton
Coventry	Banbury Coventry Nuneaton Stratford on Avon Warwick
Crewe	Crewe Northwich
Croydon	Bromley Croydon
Darlington	Darlington Northallerton
Derby	Burton upon Trent Buxton Derby Matlock
Dewsbury	Dewsbury
Doncaster	Doncaster Rotherham Thorne
Dover	Dover Folkestone
Dudley	Dudley Kidderminster Stourbridge
Durham	Bishop Auckland Durham
Eastbourne	Eastbourne
Exeter	Exeter
Gloucester	Gloucester Stroud
Great Grimsby	Great Grimsby
Great Yarmouth	Great Yarmouth
Guildford	Aldershot and Farnham Epsom Guildford
Halifax	Halifax Todmorden
Harrogate	Harrogate
Hartlepool	Hartlepool
Hastings	Hastings
Haverfordwest	Cardigan Haverfordwest
Hereford	Hereford Leominster Ludlow
Huddersfield	Huddersfield
Ipswich	Ipswich
Keighley	Keighley Skipton
Kendal	Kendal
King's Lynn	King's Lynn Wisbech
Kingston upon Hull	Beverley Goole Kingston upon Hull
Lancaster	Lancaster
Leeds (CHANCERY)	Leeds Otley
Leicester	Ashby de la Zouch Hinckley Leicester Loughborough Melton Mowbray
Lincoln	Gainsborough Grantham Lincoln Newark
Liverpool (CHANCERY)	Liverpool
Lowestoft	Lowestoft
Luton	Hertford Hitchin Luton
Macclesfield	Macclesfield
Maidstone	Maidstone
Manchester (CHANCERY)	Altrincham Manchester Salford
Mansfield	Mansfield
Margate	Thanet
Merthyr Tydfil	Merthyr Tydfil
Middlesbrough	Middlesbrough
Newcastle upon Tyne (CHANCERY)	Alnwick Berwick upon Tweed Blyth Morpeth Newcastle upon Tyne
Newport (Gwent)	Chepstow Monmouth Newport (Gwent) Pontypool
Newport (Isle of Wight)	Newport (Isle of Wight)
Newtown	Newtown Welshpool
Northampton	Bletchley and Leighton Buzzard Corby Kettering Northampton Rugby Wellingborough
Norwich	Norwich
Nottingham	Ilkeston Nottingham
Oldham	Ashton-under-Lyne and Stalybridge Oldham
Oxford	Aylesbury Oxford
Peterborough	Huntingdon Peterborough Stamford
Plymouth	Launceston Plymouth
Pontefract	Pontefract
Pontypridd	Aberdare Caerphilly Pontypridd
Portsmouth	Portsmouth
Preston (CHANCERY)	Chorley Preston
Reading	Basingstoke Newbury Reading Slough
Rhyl	Holywell Rhyl
Rochdale	Rochdale
Romford	Brentwood Grays Thurrock Ilford Romford
St. Helens	St. Helens
Salisbury	Andover Salisbury Shaftesbury
Scarborough	Bridlington Scarborough Whitby
Scunthorpe	Scunthorpe
Sheffield	Sheffield
Shrewsbury	Market Drayton Shrewsbury Wellington
Southampton	Southampton
Southend-on-Sea	Southend-on-Sea
Southport	Southport
South Shields	North Shields South Shields
Stafford	Stafford
Stockport	Hyde Stockport
Stockton on Tees	Stockton on Tees
Stoke on Trent	Stoke on Trent
Sunderland	Consett Gateshead Hexham Sunderland
Swansea	Swansea
Swindon	Swindon
Taunton	Taunton
Torquay	Newton Abbot Torquay
Truro	Bodmin Camborne and Redruth Penzance St. Austell Truro
Tunbridge Wells	East Grinstead Sevenoaks Tonbridge Tunbridge Wells
Wakefield	Wakefield
Walsall	Lichfield Tamworth Walsall
Warrington	Warrington
West Bromwich	West Bromwich
Weymouth	Weymouth
Whitehaven	Whitehaven Workington
Wigan	Leigh Wigan
Winchester	Winchester
Wolverhampton	Bridgnorth Wolverhampton
Worcester	Evesham Great Malvern Worcester
Worthing	Horsham Worthing
Wrexham	Mold Oswestry Wrexham
Yeovil	Axminster and Chard Yeovil
York	Malton York

Article 5(2)

SCHEDULE 2 COURTS HAVING JURISDICTION IN PROCEEDINGS PENDING IN CLOSED COURTS

Column 1	Column 2
Bromsgrove	Redditch
Bullth Wells	Brecknock
Didcot	Oxford
East Retford	Worksop
Leek	Stoke-on-Trent
Louth	Great Grimsby
Thame	Aylesbury
Uttoxeter	Burton-upon-Trent
Whitchurch	Shrewsbury
Witney	Oxford

Article 6(1)

SCHEDULE 3

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
NAME OF PLACE	ADDITIONAL JURISDICTION	COUNTY COURT DISTRICT TO WHICH THE DISTRICT IS ASSIGNED FOR ADMIRALTY PURPOSES FOR THOSE COURTS WITHOUT THAT JURISDICTION	COURT TO WHICH THE DISTRICT IS ATTACHED FOR BANKRUPTCY AND WINDING-UP OF COMPANIES PURPOSES FOR THOSE COURTS EXCLUDED FROM THAT JURISDICTION	COUNTY COURT DISTRICT TO WHICH THE DISTRICT IS ASSIGNED FOR RACE RELATIONS MATTERS FOR THOSE COURTS WITHOUT THAT JURISDICTION
Aberdare	Bankruptcy	Cardiff		Cardiff
Aberystwyth (D.R.)	Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce			Cardiff
Accrington	Divorce	Preston	Blackburn	Manchester
Aldershot	Divorce	Portsmouth	Guildford	Westminster
Alfreton		Birmingham	Derby	Nottingham
Alnwick		Newcastle upon Tyne	Newcastle upon Tyne	Newcastle upon Tyne
Altrincham	Divorce	Manchester	Manchester	Manchester
Amersham		Mayor's and City of London Court	Aylesbury	Westminster
Ammanford	Carmarthen	Carmarthen	Cardiff
Andover	Divorce	Southampton	Salisbury	Southampton
Ashby de la Zouch		Birmingham	Leicester	Nottingham
Ashford		Dover	Canterbury	Canterbury
Ashton-under-Lyne	Bankruptcy	Manchester		Manchester
Axminster		Exeter	Exeter	Exeter
Aylesbury	Bankruptcy	Mayor's and City of London Court		Oxford
Banbury	Bankruptcy	Mayor's and City of London Court		Oxford
Bangor (D.R.)	Admiralty			Wrexham
Bargoed		Cardiff	Blackwood	Cardiff
Barnet	Divorce	Mayor's and City of London Court	High Court	Westminster
Barnsley (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Leeds		Leeds
Barnstaple (D.R.)	Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce			Exeter
Barrow-in-Furness (D.R.)	Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce			Carlisle
Barry		Cardiff	Cardiff	Cardiff
Basingstoke	Divorce	Southampton	Reading	Southampton
Bath (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Bristol		Bristol
Bedford (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Mayor's and City of London Court		Westminster
Divorce
Berwick upon Tweed		Newcastle upon Tyne	Newcastle upon Tyne	Newcastle upon Tyne
Beverley		Kingston upon Hull	Kingston upon Hull	Leeds
Birkenhead (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Liverpool		Manchester
Birmingham (D.R.)	Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce Race Relations
Bishop Auckland	Divorce	Stockton-on-Tees	Durham	Newcastle upon Tyne
Bishop's Stortford		Mayor's and City of London Court	Hertford	Cambridge
Blackburn (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Preston		Manchester
Blackpool (D.R.)	Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce			Manchester
Blackwood (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Newport (Gwent)		Cardiff
Bletchley	Divorce	Mayor's and City of London Court	Northampton	Oxford
Bloomsbury	Mayor's and City of London Court	High Court	Westminster
Blyth		Newcastle upon Tyne	Newcastle upon Tyne	Newcastle upon Tyne
Bodmin	Divorce	Truro	Truro	Plymouth
Bolton (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Manchester		Manchester
Boston (D.R.)	Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce			Nottingham
Bournemouth (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Pools		Southampton
Bow	Divorce	Mayor's and City of London Court	High Court	Westminster
Bradford (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Leeds		Leeds
Braintree		Colchester and Clacton	Chelmsford	Westminster
Brecon (D.R.)		Cardiff	Merthyr Tydfil	Cardiff
Brentford	Divorce	Mayor's and City of London Court	High Court	Westminster
Brentwood		Mayor's and City of London Court	Southend	Westminster
Bridgend (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Cardiff		Cardiff
Bridgnorth		Birmingham	Shrewsbury	Birmingham
Bridgwater (D.R.)	Admiralty Bankruptcy			Bristol
Bridlington		Kingston upon Hull	Scarborough	Leeds
Brighton (D.R.)	Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce			Westminster
Bristol (D.R.)	Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce Race Relations
Bromley	Divorce	Mayor's and City of London Court	Croydon	Westminster
Burnley (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Preston		Manchester
Burton-on-Trent	Bankruptcy Divorce	Birmingham	Birmingham
Bury (D.R.)	Divorce	Manchester	Bolton	Manchester
Bury St. Edmunds (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Ipswich		Cambridge
Buxton		Manchester	Stockport	Nottingham
Caernarfon (D.R.)	Divorce	Bangor	Bangor	Wrexham
Caerphilly		Cardiff	Pontyprid	Cardiff
Camborne	Divorce	Truro	Truro	Plymouth
Cambridge (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Ipswitch
Race Relations
Canterbury (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce Race Relations	Thanet
Cardiff (D.R.)	Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce Race Relations
Cardigan	Carmarthen	Carmarthen	Cardiff
Carlisle (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce Race Relations	Whitehaven
Carmarthen (D.R.)	Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce			Cardiff
Chatham (D.R.)	Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce			Westminster
Chelmsford (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Colchester and Clacton		Westminster
Cheltenham (D.R.)	Bankruptcy	Gloucester		Bristol
Chepstow		Newport (Gwent)	Newport (Gwent)	Cardiff
Chester (D.R.)	Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce			Manchester
Chesterfield (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Birmingham		Nottingham
Chichester (D.R.)	Divorce	Brighton	Brighton	Southampton
Chippenham	Divorce	Bristol	Bath	Bristol
Chorley	Divorce	Preston	Preston	Manchester
City of London	Admiralty		High Court	Westminster
Clerkenwell		Mayor's and City of London Court	High Court	Westminster
Colchester (D.R.)	Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce			Westminster
Consett	Divorce	Newcastle upon Tyne	Newcastle upon Tyne	Newcastle upon Tyne
Conwy		Bangor	Bangor	Wrexham
Corby		King's Lynn	Northampton	Nottingham
Coventry (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Birmingham		Birmingham
Crewe (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Chester		Manchester
Croydon (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Mayor's and City of London Court		Westminster
Darlington (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Stockton-on-Tees		Newcastle upon Tyne
Dartford		Mayor's and City of London Court	Medway	Westminster
Derby (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Birmingham		Nottingham
Dewsbury (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Leeds		Leeds
Dolgellau		Aberystwyth	Aberystwyth	Wrexham
Doncaster (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Leeds		Leeds
Dover (D.R.)	Admiralty		Canterbury	Canterbury
Dudley (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Birmingham		Birmingham
Durham (D.R.)	Bankruptcy	Sunderland		Newcastle upon Tyne
Eastbourne (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Brighton		Westminster
East Grinstead		Brighton	Tunbridge Wells	Westminster
Edmonton	Divorce	Mayor's and City of London Court	High Court	Westminster
Ellesmere Port		Liverpool	Birkenhead	Manchester
Epsom	Divorce	Mayor's and City of London Court	Croydon	Westminster
Evesham		Birmingham	Worcester	Birmingham
Exeter (D.R.)	Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce Race Relations
Folkestone		Dover	Canterbury	Canterbury
Gainsborough		Great Grimsby	Lincoln	Nottingham
Gateshead	Divorce	Newcastle upon Tyne	Newcastle upon Tyne	Newcastle upon Tyne
Gloucester (D.R.)	Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce			Bristol
Goole	Kingston-upon-Hull	Wakefield	Leeds
Grantham	Boston	Lincoln	Nottingham
Gravesend		Mayor's and City of London Court	Medway	Westminster
Grays Thurrock		Mayor's and City of London Court	Southend	Westminster
Great Malvern		Birmingham	Worcester	Birmingham
Great Yarmouth (D.R.)	Admiralty Bankruptcy			Cambridge
Grimsby (D.R.)	Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce			Nottingham
Guildford (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Mayor's and City of London Court		Westminster
Halifax (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Leeds		Leeds
Harlow	Divorce	Mayor's and City of London Court	Hertford	Westminster
Harrogate (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Leeds		Leeds
Hartlepool (D.R.)	Admiralty Divorce		Stockton-on-Tees	Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Hastings (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Brighton		Westminster
Haverfordwest (D.R.)	Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce			Cardiff
Haywards Heath		Brighton	Brighton	Westminster
Hemel Hempstead		Mayor's and City of London Court	St. Albans	Westminster
Hereford (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Birmingham		Birmingham
Hertford	Bankruptcy Divorce	Mayor's and City of London Court		Westminster
Hexham		Newcastle-upon-Tyne	Newcastle-upon-Tyne	Newcastle-upon-Tyne
High Wycombe		Mayor's and City of London Court	Aylesbury	Westminster
Hinckley		Birmingham	Leicester	Nottingham
Hitchin	Divorce	Mayor's and City of London Court	Luton	Cambridge
Holywell		Chester	Rhyl	Wrexham
Horsham	Divorce	Brighton	Brighton	Westminster
Huddersfield (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Leeds		Leeds
Huntingdon		Mayor's and City of London Court	Peterborough	Cambridge
Hyde		Manchester	Ashton-under-Lyne and Stalybridge	Manchester
Ilford	Divorce	Mayor's and City of London Court	Romford	Westminster
Ilkeston		Birmingham	Derby	Nottingham
Ipswich (D.R.)	Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce			Cambridge
Keighley (D.R.)	Divorce	Leeds	Bradford	Leeds
Kendal (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Barrow-in-Furness and Ulverston		Carlisle
Kettering		Kings Lynn	Northampton	Birmingham
Kidderminster	Bankruptcy	Birmingham		Birmingham
Kings Lynn (D.R.)	Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce			Cambridge
Kingston-upon-Hull (D.R.)	Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce			Leeds
Kingston-upon-Thames	Bankruptcy Divorce	Mayor's and City of London Court		Westminster
Lambeth		Mayor's and City of London Court	High Court	Westminster
Lampeter		Carmarthen	Carmarthen	Cardiff
Lancaster (D.R.)	Bankruptcy	Preston		Manchester
Divorce
Launceston		Truro	Plymouth	Plymouth
Leeds (D.R.)	Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce Race Relations
Leicester (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Birmingham		Nottingham
Leigh	Divorce	Manchester	Wigan	Manchester
Leominster	Bankruptcy	Birmingham		Birmingham
Lewes		Brighton	Brighton	Westminster
Lichfield		Birmingham	Walsall	Birmingham
Lincoln (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Great Orunsby		Nottingham
Liverpool (D.R.)	Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce			Manchester
Llandrindod Wells		Aberystwyth	Newtown	Wrexham
Llanelli	Divorce	Swansea	Swansea	Cardiff
Llangefni		Bangor	Bangor	Wrexham
Loughborough		Birmingham	Leicester	Nottingham
Lowestoft (D.R.)	Admiralty Divorce		Great Yarmouth	Cambridge
Ludlow		Birmingham	Leominster	Birmingham
Luton (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Mayor's and City of London Court		Westminster
Macclesfield (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Manchester		Manchester
Maidstone (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Medway		Westminster
Maldon		Colchester and Clacton	Chelmsford	Westminster
Malton		Kingston upon Hull	York	Leeds
Manchester (D.R.)	Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce Race Relations
Mansfield (D.R.)	Divorce	Birmingham	Nottingham	Nottingham
Margate (D.R.)	Admiralty Divorce		Canterbury	Canterbury
Market Drayton		Birmingham	Shrewsbury	Birmingham
Matlock		Birmingham	Derby	Nottingham
Melton Mowbray		Boston	Leicester	Nottingham
Merthyr Tydfil (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Cardiff		Cardiff
Middlesbrough (D.R.)	Admiralty Divorce Bankruptcy			Newcastle upon Tyne
Mold		Chester	Chester	Wrexham
Monmouth		Newport (Gwent)	Newport (Gwent)	Cardiff
Morpeth		Newcastle upon Tyne	Newcastle upon Tyne	Newcastle upon Tyne
Neath	Bankruptcy Divorce	Swansea		Cardiff
Nelson	Divorce	Preston	Burnley	Manchester
Newark		Boston	Nottingham	Nottingham
Newbury	Bankruptcy	Mayor's and City of London Court		Oxford
Newcastle upon Tyne (D.R.)	Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce Race Relations
Newport (Gwent) (D.R.)	Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce			Cardiff
Newport (Isle of Wight) (D.R.)	Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce			Southampion
Newton Abbot		Torquay	Torquay	Exeter
Newtown (D.R.)	Bankruptcy	Aberystwyth		Wrexham
Northallerton		Stockton-on-Tees	Darlington	Newcastle upon Tyne
Northampton (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Birmingham		Oxford
North Shields	Divorce	Newcastle upon Tyne	Newcastle upon Tyne	Newcastle upon Tyne
Northwich		Chester	Crewe	Manchester
Norwich (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Great Yarmouth		Cambridge
Nottingham (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce Race Relations	Birmingham
Nuneaton		Birmingham	Coventry	Birmingham
Oldham (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Manchester		Manchester
Oswestry		Chester	Wrexham	Wrexham
Otley		Leeds	Harrogate	Leeds
Oxford (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce Race Relations	Mayor's and City of London Court
Penrith	Divorce	Whitehaven	Carlisle	Carlisle
Penzance		Truro	Truro	Plymouth
Peterborough (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Mayor's and City of London Court		Cambridge
Plymouth (D.R.)	Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce Race Relations
Pontefract (D.R.)	Divorce	Leeds	Wakefield	Leeds
Pontypool		Newport (Gwent)	Newport (Gwent)	Cardiff
Pontypridd (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Cardiff		Cardiff
Poole	Admiralty		Bournemouth	Southampton
Porthmadog	Bankruptcy	Bangor		Wrexham
Portsmouth (D.R.)	Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce			Southampton
Preston (D.R.)	Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce		Manchester
Rawtenstall	Divorce	Manchester	Burnley	Manchester
Reading (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Mayor's and City of London Court		Oxford
Redditch		Birmingham	Birmingham	Birmingham
Redhill	Divorce	Mayor's and City of London Court	Croydon	Westminster
Rhyl (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Chester		Wrexham
Rochdale (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Manchester		Manchester
Romford (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Mayor's and City of London Court		Westminster
Rotherham	Divorce	Leeds	Sheffield	Leeds
Rugby		Birmingham	Coventry	Birmingham
Runcorn	Divorce	Liverpool	Warrington	Manchester
St. Albans	Bankruptcy	Mayor's and City of London Court		Westminster
St. Austell		Truro	Truro	Plymouth
St. Helens (D.R.)	Divorce	Liverpool	Liverpool	Manchester
Salford	Bankruptcy Divorce	Manchester		Manchester
Salisbury (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Southampton		Southampton
Scarborough (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Kingston-upon-Hull		Leeds
Scunthorpe (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Great Grimsby		Nottingham
Sevenoaks		Medway	Tunbridge Wells	Westminster
Shaftesbury		Exeter	Salisbury	Southampton
Sheerness		Medway	Medway	Canterbury
Sheffield (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Leeds		Leeds
Shoreditch		Mayor's and City of London Court	High Court	Westminster
Shrewsbury (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Birmingham		Birmingham
Sittingbourne		Medway	Medway	Canterbury
Skegness		Boston	Boston	Nottingham
Skipton	Divorce	Leeds	Bradford	Leeds
Sleaford		Boston	Boston	Nottingham
Slough	Bankruptcy Divorce	Mayor's and City of London Court	Westminster
Southampton (D.R.)	Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce Race Relations
Southend-on-Sea (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Mayor's and City of London Court	Westminster
Southport (D.R.)	Divorce	Liverpool	Liverpool	Manchester
South Shields (D.R.)	Divorce	Newcastle upon Tyne	Sunderland	Newcastle upon Tyne
Spalding		Boston	Peterborough	Nottingham
Stafford (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Birmingham		Birmingham
Staines	Divorce	Mayor's and City of London Court	Slough	Westminster
Stamford		Boston	Peterborough	Nottingham
Stockport (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Manchester	Manchester
Stockton-on-Tees (D.R.)	Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce	Newcastle upon Tyne
Stoke-on-Trent (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Birmingham		Birmingham
Stourbridge	Bankruptcy	Birmingham		Birmingham
Stratford upon Avon		Birmingham	Warwick	Birmingham
Stroud		Gloucester	Gloucester	Bristol
Sudbury		Colchester and Clacton	Colchester and Clacton	Cambridge
Sunderland (D.R.)	Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce	Newcastle upon Tyne
Swansea (D.R.)	Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce			Cardiff
Swindon (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Bristol		Bristol
Tamworth		Birmingham	Birmingham	Birmingham
Taunton (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Bridgwater	Bristol
Thorne		Leeds	Doncaster	Leeds
Todmorden		Leeds	Halifax	Leeds
Tonbridge		Medway	Tunbridge Wells	Westminster
Torquay (D.R.)	Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce	Exeter
Trowbridge	Divorce	Bristol	Bath	Bristol
Truro (D.R.)	Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce	Plymouth
Tunbridge Wells (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Medway		Westminster
Uxbridge	Divorce	Mayor's and City of London Court	Slough	Westminster
Wakefield (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Leeds		Leeds
Walsall (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Birmingham		Birmingham
Wandsworth	Divorce	Mayor's and City of London Court	High Court	Westminster
Warrington (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Liverpool		Manchester
Warwick	Bankruptcy	Birmingham		Birmingham
Watford	Divorce	Mayor's and City of London Court	St. Albans	Westminster
Wellingborough		Mayor's and City of London Court	Northampton	Birmingham
Wellington		Birmingham	Shrewsbury	Birmingham
Welshpool	Divorce	Aberystwyth	Newtown	Birmingham
West Bromwich (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Birmingham		Birmingham
West Kensington		Mayor's and City of London Court	High Court	Westminster
Westminster	Race Relations	Mayor's and City of London Court	High Court
Weston Super Mare		Bridgwater	Bristol	Bristol
Weymouth (D.R.)	Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce			Southampton
Whitby		Kingston upon Hull	Scarborough	Leeds
Whitehaven (D.R.)	Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce			Carlisle
Wigan (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Manchester		Manchester
Willesden	Divorce	Mayor's and City of London Court	High Court	Westminster
Winchester (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Southampton	Southampton
Wisbech		King's Lyan	King's Lynn	Cambridge
Wolverhampton (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Birmingham		Birmingham
Woolwich		Mayor's and City of London Court	High Court	Westminster
Worcester (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Birmingham		Birmingham
Workington	Bankruptcy Divorce	Whitehaven	Carlisle
Worksop		Great Grimsby	Sheffield	Nottingham
Worthing (D.R.)	Divorce	Brighton	Brighton	Westminster
Wrexham (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce Race Relation	Chester
Yeovil (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Exeter		Bristol
York (D.R.)	Bankruptcy Divorce	Kingston upon Hull		Leeds

Article 6(2)

SCHEDULE 4

1.  The name of the county court at Aldershot shall be the Aldershot and Farnham County Court.

2.  The name of the county court at Ashton-under-Lyne shall be the Ashton-under-Lyne and Stalybridge County Court.

3.  The name of the county court at Axminster shall be the Axminster and Chard County Court.

4.  The name of the county court at Barrow-in-Furness shall be the Barrow-in-Furness and Ulverston County Court.

5.  The name of the county court at Bletchley shall be the Bletchley and Leighton Buzzard County Court.

6.  The name of the county court at Bloomsbury shall be the Bloomsbury and Marylebone County Court.

7.  The name of the county court at Brecon shall be the Brecknock County Court.

8.  The name of the county court at Camborne shall be the Camborne and Redruth County Court.

9.  The name of the county court at Chatham shall be the Medway County Court.

10.  The name of the county court for the City of London shall be the Mayor's and City of London Court.

11.  The name of the county court at Colchester shall be the Colchester and Clacton County Court.

12.  The name of the county court at Grimsby shall be the Great Grimsby County Court.

13.  The name of the county court at Margate shall be the Thanet County Court.

14.  The name of the county court at Neath shall be the Neath and Port Talbot County Court.

15.  The name of the county court at Redhill shall be the Reigate County Court.

16.  The name of the county court at West Kensington shall be the West London County Court.

Article 11

SCHEDULE 5

Orders Revoked	Reference
The County Courts (Race Relations Jurisdiction) Order 1968	S.I. 1968/1978
The County Courts Districts Order 1970	S.I. 1970/16
The County Courts Districts (King's Lynn) Order 1970	S.I. 1970/191
The County Courts Districts (Miscellaneous) Order 1970	S.I. 1970/904
The County Court Districts (Miscellaneous No. 2) Order 1970	S.I. 1970/2031
The County Courts (Race Relations Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Order 1971	S.I. 1971/454
The County Courts (Bankruptcy and Companies Winding-up Jurisdiction) Order 1971	S.I. 1971/656
The County Court Districts (Miscellaneous) Order 1971	S.I. 1971/1081
The County Courts (Admiralty Jurisdiction) Order 1971	S.I. 1971/1152
The County Courts (Bankruptcy and Companies Winding-up Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Order 1971	S.I. 1971/1983
The County Courts (Admiralty Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Order 1971	S.I. 1971/1983
The County Courts (Race Relations Jurisdiction) (Amendment No. 2) Order 1971	S.I. 1971/1985
The County Court Districts (Miscellaneous) Order 1972	S.I. 1972/1941
The County Court Districts (Miscellaneous) Order 1973	S.I. 1973/2045
The County Court Districts (Bridgend) (Revocation) Order 1975	S.I. 1975/33
The County Courts (Admiralty Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Order 1975	S.I. 1975/2119
The Country Courts Districts (North Shields) Order 1976	S.I. 1976/29
The County Court Districts (Miscellaneous) (Amendment) Order 1976	S.I. 1976/201
The County Court Districts (Thanet) Order 1976	S.I. 1976/281
The County Court Districts (Staines) Order 1976	S.I. 1976/604
The County Court Districts (Medway) Order 1976	S.I. 1976/605
The County Court Districts (Staines) (Amendment) Order 1976	S.I. 1976/797
The County Court Districts (Wales and Chester Circuit) Order 1976	S.I. 1976/850
The County Courts (Admiralty Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Order 1976	S.I. 1976/851
The County Courts (Bankruptcy and Companies Winding-up Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Order 1976	S.I. 1976/852
The County Court Districts (Newton Abbot) Order 1976	S.I. 1976/890
The County Court Districts (South Eastern Circuit) Order 1977	S.I. 1977/149
The County Court (Admiralty Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Order 1977	S.I. 1977/150
The County Courts (Bankruptcy and Companies Winding-up Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Order 1977	S.I. 1977/151
The County Court Districts (Western Circuit) Order 1977	S.I. 1977/348
The County Courts (Admiralty Jurisdiction) (Amendment No. 2) Order 1977	S.I. 1977/349
The County Courts (Bankruptcy and Companies Winding-up Jurisdiction) (Amendment No. 2) Order 1977	S.I. 1977/350
The County Court Districts (Camborne and Redruth) Order 1977	S.I. 1977/1189
The County Court Districts (Southwark) Order 1977	S.I. 1977/1911
The County Court Districts (Devizes) Order 1978	S.I. 1978/397
The County Court Districts (Warminster) Order 1978	S.I. 1978/817
The Divorce County Courts Order 1978	S.I. 1978/1759
The County Court Districts (Frome) Order 1980	S.I. 1980/694
The Divorce County Courts (Amendment) Order 1980	S.I. 1980/790
The County Court Districts (Romford) Order 1980	S.I. 1980/1215
The District Registries Order 1980	S.I. 1980/1216
The Divorce County Courts (Amendment No. 2) Order 1980	S.I. 1980/1217
The County Court Districts (Ellesmere Port and Birkenhead) Order 1980	S.I. 1980/1918
The County Courts (Bankruptcy and Companies Winding-up Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Order 1981	S.I. 1981/1624
The District Registries (Amendment) Order 1981	S.I. 1981/1625
The County Court Districts (Western Circuit) Order 1982	S.I. 1982/328
The District Registries (Amendment) Order 1982	S.I. 1982/1367
The Divorce County Courts (Amendment) Order 1982	S.I. 1982/1769
The Divorce County Courts (Amendment) Order 1983	S.I. 1983/659

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order consolidates the District Registries Order 1980, as amended; the County Court Districts Order 1970, as amended; The Divorce County Courts Order 1978, as amended; the County Courts (Admiralty Jurisdiction) Order 1971, as amended; the County Courts (Bankruptcy and Companies Winding-up Jurisdiction) Order 1971, as amended; and the County Courts (Race Relations Juridication) Order 1968 as amended.

This Order also transfers the district registry of the High Court at Builth to Brecon on the closure of the county court and office at Builth.

This Order also closes the county courts at Bromsgrove, Builth, Didcot, Leek, Louth, East Retford, Thame, Uttoxeter, Whitchurch and Witney.

This Order confers Admiralty jurisdiction on the Birmingham and Leeds County Courts and assigns the district of every county court which does not have Admiralty jurisdiction to a court which does, including those not previously assigned.

This Order also transfers the assignment of the district of the Todmorden County Court from the Manchester County Court to the Leeds County Court for Race Relations purposes.

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as amended by Rules of the Supreme Court (Amendment No. 2) 1982 (S.I. 1982/1111).