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The County Courts Act 19845 is amended as follows–

a

omit section 47 (minors);

b

in section 52 (powers of court exercisable before commencement of action), in subsection (2), omit “in which a claim in respect of personal injuries to a person, or in respect of a person’s death, is likely to be made,”;

c

in section 53 (power of court to order disclosure of documents, inspection of property etc.)–

i

omit subsection (1); and

ii

in each of subsections (2) and (3), omit “to which this section applies”;

d

in section 63 (assessors)–

i

in subsection (1), omit “on the application of any party”;

ii

omit subsection (2);

iii

in subsection (3), for “at such rate as may be prescribed” substitute “determined by the judge”; and

iv

in subsection (4), for “subsection (2) (otherwise than on the application of a party to the proceedings)” substitute “assisting the judge in reviewing the taxation by the district judge of the costs of any proceedings”;

e

in section 133 (proof of service of summonses etc.), in subsection (1), omit “under the hand of that officer”; and

f

omit section 134 (summons and other process to be under seal).