The Civil Courts (Amendment) Order 1994

Statutory Instruments

1994 No. 706

COUNTY COURTS

The Civil Courts (Amendment) Order 1994

Made

10th March 1994

Laid before Parliament

14th March 1994

Coming into force

5th April 1994

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 2(1) of the County Courts Act 1984(1), hereby makes the following Order:

1.  This Order may be cited as the Civil Courts (Amendment) Order 1994 and shall come into force on 5th April 1994.

2.  In this Order, “the 1983 Order” means the Civil Courts Order 1983(2).

3.  The holding of the Sevenoaks, Sheerness and Sudbury County Courts shall be discontinued and Schedule 3 to the 1983 Order shall accordingly be amended by deleting the entries relating to those courts(3).

4.—(1) The Colchester and Clacton County Court shall be known as the Colchester County Court.

(2) Schedule 4 to the 1983 Order shall accordingly be amended as follows—

(a) the entry numbered 7 shall be deleted; and

(b) the entries numbered 8 to 11A shall be renumbered 7 to 11 respectively.

Mackay of Clashfern, C

Dated 10th March 1994

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Civil Courts Order 1983 so as to close the Sevenoaks, Sudbury and Sheerness County Courts and to change the name of the Colchester and Clacton County Court to Colchester County Court.

(1)

1984 c. 28.

(2)

S.I. 1983/713; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1986/754, 2207 and 1992/1810.

(3)

Directions given on behalf of the Lord Chancellor under section 2(3) of the County Courts Act 1984 will determine which court districts will include the former districts of the courts closed by this Order with effect from the date on which this Order comes into force.