The High Court and County Court Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2014

Statutory Instruments

2014 No. 821 (L. 12)

Senior Courts Of England And Wales County Court, England And Wales

The High Court and County Court Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2014

Made

4th April 2014

Laid before Parliament

7th April 2014

Coming into force

22nd April 2014

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1 and 120 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990(1), having consulted in accordance with section 1(9) of that Act and with the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice as required by section 1(1A) of that Act, makes the following Order:

(1)

1990 c.41. Section 1 has been amended by the Courts Act 2003 (c.39), section 109(1) and (3), Schedule 8, paragraph 238 and Schedule 10; the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c.4), section 15(1) and Schedule 4, Part 1, paragraphs 211 and 212(1), (2) and (4) and section 59(5) and Schedule 11, Part 2, paragraph 4(1) and (3); and the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c.22), section 17(5) and Schedule 9, Part 2, paragraphs 31, 32(1) to (7) and Section 17(6) and Schedule 10, Part 2, paragraph 76(1), (2)(a) to (e) and (3) to (6). Section 120 has been amended by the Civil Procedure Act 1997 (c.12), Schedule 2, paragraph 4; the Access to Justice Act 1999, section 27(2) and section 43, Schedule 6, paragraphs 4, 11(1) and (2); the Legal Services Act 2007 (c.29), sections 208(1) and 210 and Schedule 21, paragraphs 83, 98, (a)(i) and (ii) and (b) and Schedule 23; and the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012, sections 44(5) and 45(1) and (12).