Rule 9.22

SCHEDULE 6 E+WInsolvency jurisdiction of county court hearing centres

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Sch. 6 applied (with modifications) (temp.) (26.6.2020) by Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (c. 12), s. 49(1), Sch. 4 para. 47 (with ss. 2(2), 5(2), Sch. 4 para. 12)

C2 Sch. 6 applied (with modifications) (30.9.2021) by S.I. 2014/229, art. 2(2A), Sch. 1A paras. 1(4)(5), 35, 38 (as inserted by The Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies (Administration) (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1048), arts. 1(1), 2)

C3 Sch. 6 applied (with modifications) (19.3.2024) by The Water Industry (Special Administration) (England and Wales) Rules 2024 (S.I. 2024/229), rules 1, 5(1)(d) (with rule 2(2))

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[Note: where the entry “London Insolvency District” appears in this table, jurisdiction under [F1 Part A1] to 7 of the Act is conferred on the High Court as a result of article 6B of the High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/724) which was inserted by the High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/821).]

Name of county court hearing centre	Parts of the Insolvency Act under which proceedings may be commenced at a county court hearing centre or the alternative court or county court hearing centre where proceedings may be commenced	Nearest full time court or hearing centre
Aberystwyth	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Cardiff
Aldershot & Farnham	Guildford
Banbury	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Luton, Gloucester or Reading
Barnet	London Insolvency District - High Court for [F1 Part A1] to 7 (see head note); County Court at Central London for Parts 7A to 11
Barnsley	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Sheffield
Barnstaple	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Exeter
Barrow-in-Furness	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Blackpool or Preston
Basildon	Southend-on-Sea
Basingstoke	Reading
Bath	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Bristol
Bedford	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Luton
Birkenhead	[F1 Part A1] to 11
Birmingham	[F1 Part A1] to 11
Blackburn	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Preston
Blackpool	[F1 Part A1] to 11
Blackwood	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Cardiff
Bodmin	Truro
Bolton	[F1 Part A1] to 11
Boston	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Nottingham
Bournemouth and Poole	[F1 Part A1] to 11
Bow	London Insolvency District - High Court for [F1 Part A1] to 7 (see head note); County Court at Central London for Parts 7A to 11
Bradford	[F1 Part A1] to 11
Brentford	London Insolvency District - High Court for [F1 Part A1] to 7 (see head note); County Court at Central London for Parts 7A to 11
Brighton	[F1 Part A1] to 11
Bristol	[F1 Part A1] to 11
Bromley	Croydon
Burnley	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Bolton or Preston
Bury	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Bolton
Bury St. Edmunds	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Cambridge
Caernarfon	[F1 Part A1] to 11
Cambridge	[F1 Part A1] to 11
Canterbury	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Croydon or the High Court (London)
Cardiff	[F1 Part A1] to 11
Carlisle	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Preston or Blackpool
Carmarthen	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Cardiff
County Court at Central London	London Insolvency District - High Court for [F1 Part A1] to 7 (see head note); County Court at Central London for Parts 7A to 11
Chelmsford	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Southend or the High Court (London)
Chester	[F1 Part A1] to 11
Chesterfield	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Sheffield
Chichester	Brighton
Chippenham and Trowbridge	Bath
Clerkenwell and Shoreditch	London Insolvency District - High Court for [F1 Part A1] to 7 (see head note); County Court at Central London for Parts 7A to 11
Colchester	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Southend or the High Court (London)
Conwy and Colwyn	Caernarfon
Coventry	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Birmingham
Crewe	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Stoke or Chester
Croydon	[F1 Part A1] to 11
Darlington	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Middlesbrough
Dartford	Medway
Derby	[F1 Part A1] to 11
Doncaster	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Sheffield
Dudley	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Birmingham
Durham	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Newcastle
Eastbourne	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Brighton
Edmonton	London Insolvency District - High Court for [F1 Part A1] to 7 (see head note); County Court at Central London for Parts 7A to 11
Exeter	[F1 Part A1] to 11
Gateshead	Newcastle upon Tyne
Gloucester and Cheltenham	[F1 Part A1] to 11
Great Grimsby	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Hull
Guildford	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Croydon
Halifax	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Leeds
Harrogate	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Leeds
Hartlepool	Middlesbrough
Hastings	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Brighton
Haverfordwest	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Cardiff
Hereford	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Gloucester
Hertford	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Luton
High Wycombe	Aylesbury
Horsham	Brighton
Huddersfield	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Leeds
Ipswich	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Norwich or Southend
Kendal	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Blackpool or Preston
Kettering	Northampton
Kings Lynn	Norwich or Peterborough
Kingston-upon-Hull	[F1 Part A1] to 11
Kingston-upon-Thames	[F1 Part A1] to 11
Lambeth	London Insolvency District - High Court for [F1 Part A1] to 7 (see head note); County Court at Central London for Parts 7A to 11
Lancaster	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Blackpool or Preston
Leeds	[F1 Part A1] to 11
Leicester	[F1 Part A1] to 11
Lewes	Brighton
Lincoln	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Nottingham
Liverpool	[F1 Part A1] to 11
Llanelli	Swansea
Llangefni	[F1 Part A1] to 11
Luton	[F1 Part A1] to 11
Maidstone	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Croydon or the High Court (London)
Manchester	[F1 Part A1] to 11
Mansfield	Nottingham
Mayor's and City of London	London Insolvency District - High Court for [F1 Part A1] to 7 (see head note); County Court at Central London for Parts 7A to 11
Medway	Canterbury	Croydon or the High Court (London)
Merthyr Tydfil	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Cardiff
Middlesbrough	[F1 Part A1] to 11
Milton Keynes	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Luton
Mold	Wrexham	Wrexham
Newcastle upon Tyne	[F1 Part A1] to 11
Newport (Gwent)	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Cardiff
Newport (Isle of Wight)	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Southampton or Portsmouth
Northampton	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Luton
North Shields	Newcastle upon Tyne
Norwich	[F1 Part A1] to 11
Nottingham	[F1 Part A1]
Nuneaton
Oldham	[F1 Part A1] to 11
Oxford	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Reading
Peterborough	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Cambridge
Plymouth	[F1 Part A1] to 11
Pontypridd	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Cardiff
Portsmouth	[F1 Part A1] to 11
Port Talbot	[F1 Part A1] to 11
Prestatyn	[F1 Part A1] to 11
Preston	[F1 Part A1] to 11
Reading	[F1 Part A1] to 11
Reigate	Guildford
Rhyl	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Birkenhead or Chester
Romford	[F1 Part A1] to 11
Salisbury	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Bournemouth or Southampton
Scarborough	[F1 Part A1] to 11	York, Hull or Middlesbrough
Scunthorpe	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Hull or Sheffield
Sheffield	[F1 Part A1] to 11
Skipton	Bradford
Slough	[F1 Part A1] to 11
Southampton	[F1 Part A1] to 11
Southend-on-Sea	[F1 Part A1] to 11
South Shields	Newcastle upon Tyne
Stafford	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Stoke
Staines	Guildford
St Albans	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Luton
St Helens	Liverpool
Stockport	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Manchester
Stoke-on-Trent	[F1 Part A1] to 11
Sunderland	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Newcastle
Swansea	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Cardiff
Swindon	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Gloucester or Reading
Taunton	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Exeter or Bristol
Telford	[F1 Part A1] to 11
Thanet	Canterbury
Torquay & Newton Abbot	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Exeter
Truro	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Plymouth
Tunbridge Wells	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Croydon
Uxbridge	The County Court at Central London
Wakefield	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Leeds
Walsall	[F1 Part A1] to 11
Wandsworth	London Insolvency District - High Court for [F1 Part A1] to 7 (see head note); County Court at Central London for Parts 7A to 11
Warwick	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Birmingham
Watford	Luton
Welshpool & Newton	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Stoke or Chester
West Cumbria	[F1 Part A1] to 11
Weston Super Mare	Bristol
Weymouth	Bournemouth	Bournemouth
Wigan	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Bolton, Manchester or Preston
Willesden	London Insolvency District - High Court for [F1 Part A1] to 7 (see head note); County Court at Central London for Parts 7A to 11
Winchester	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Southampton
Wolverhampton	[F1 Part A1] to 11
Woolwich	Croydon
Worcester	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Gloucester
Worthing	Brighton
Wrexham	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Birkenhead, Stoke or Chester
Yeovil	[F1 Part A1] to 11	Exeter or Bristol
York	[F1 Part A1] to 11

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 6 substituted (1.10.2021) by virtue of The Insolvency (England and Wales) (No.2) (Amendment) Rules 2021 (S.I. 2021/1028), rule 1, Sch. 1 paras. 2, 3 (with rules 4, 5)