Statutory Instruments
SUPREME COURT OF ENGLAND AND WALES
COUNTY COURTS, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made
24th July 2001
Laid before Parliament
27th July 2001
Coming into force
15th October 2001
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the power conferred upon him by section 4(1) of the Civil Procedure Act 1997(1), makes the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the Civil Procedure (Modification of Enactments) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 15th October 2001.
2. The amendment set out in this Order shall have effect.
3. In section 25(1) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1927(2) for “prescribed by County Court Rules, except that in relation to proceedings before the High Court, it means prescribed by rules of the Supreme Court” substitute “prescribed by rules of court or by a practice direction”.
Irvine of Lairg, C.
Dated 24th July 2001
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the interpretation of “prescribed” in section 25 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1927 so as to permit rules of court or a practice direction to prescribe the manner in which—
a claim is made under sections 1(1) or 8(1) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1927; and
an application is made or a certification given under section 3(1) of that Act.
1927 c. 36 (17 & 18 Geo. 5).