http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1965/2/part/IIAdministration of Justice Act 1965An Act to enable common investment funds to be established for the investment of moneys in certain courts in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and certain other moneys; to make fresh provision for dealing with funds in the Senior Courts in England and to amend the law concerning dealing with funds in county courts in England and Wales or in the Mayor’s and City of London Court; to amend the law concerning giving security by way of making a deposit with the Accountant General of the Senior Courts in England; to make miscellaneous amendments of the law relating to that court and to inferior courts in England and Wales; to amend section 8 of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1879; to enable benefits under section 10 of the Courts of Justice Concentration (Site) Act 1865 to be commuted into capital sums; to amend the War Pensions (Administrative Provisions) Act 1919; to enlarge the legislative power of the Parliament of Northern Ireland and amend the Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1930; to repeal certain obsolete, spent, unnecessary or superseded enactments; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.1978-06-01texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2018-09-11Expert Participation2018-07-01 Part II19201. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Before an administration order is made by a court, the registrar of the court shall, in accordance with rules made under section 102 of the County Courts Act 1959, send to every person whose name the debtor has notified to the appropriate county court as being a creditor of his notice that that person’s name has been so notified; and so long as the order is in force, a creditor whose name is included in the schedule to the order shall not, without the leave of that court, be entitled to present, or join in, a bankruptcy petition against the debtor unless—ahis name was so notified; andbthe debt by virtue of which he presents, or joins in, the petition exceeds £1,500; andcthe notice given to the creditor by the registrar in accordance with this subsection was received by the creditor within twenty-eight days immediately preceding the day on which the petition is presented.4In section 150 of the County Courts Act 1959 (which, when an administration order is made, bars a creditor from remedies in respect of a debt which has been notified to a county court or is scheduled to the order, and requires a stay of proceedings in a county court or other inferior court in respect of such a debt)—athe requirement to stay proceedings shall not operate as a requirement that a county court in which proceedings in bankruptcy against the debtor are pending shall stay those proceedings; andbthe reference to notification to a county court shall be construed as a reference to notification to the appropriate county court.5In section 149(a) of the County Courts Act 1959, the requirement that notice of an administration order shall be sent to every creditor notified by the debtor shall be construed as a requirement that notice shall be sent to every person whose name a debtor has notified to the appropriate county court as being a creditor of his.6In this section any reference to notification to the appropriate county court shall, in relation to an administration order, be construed as a reference to the giving, before the making of the order, of notice, in accordance with rules made under the said section 102, to the court which, at the time when the notification is given, has the power to make the order.7The power conferred by subsection (2) above to make an Order in Council shall include power to vary the Order; . . ..2122231Where a lessor is proceeding by action in a county court in England or Wales to enforce against a lessee a right of re-entry or forfeiture in respect of any land for non-payment of rent, and the court by order made in pursuance of section 191(1)(b) of the County Courts Act 1959 orders possession of the land to be given to the lessor at the expiration of a period fixed by the court unless within that period the lessee pays into court all the rent in arrear and the costs of the action, the court may extend that period at any time before possession of the land is recovered in pursuance of the order.2Where, under the foregoing subsection, a court extends a period at a time when that period has expired and a warrant has been issued for the possession of the land, the court shall suspend the warrant for the period of the extension and, if, before the expiration of the last-mentioned period, the lessee pays into court all the rent in arrear and the costs of the action, shall cancel the warrant.3The extension under subsection (1) above of a period fixed by a court shall not be treated as relief from which the lessee, if he fails within that period to pay into court all the rent in arrear and the costs of the action, is barred by virtue of section 191(1)(c) of the County Courts Act 1959.4Where, under subsection (1) above, a court extends a period, any reference in the said section 191(1)(c) (which, as well as barring a lessor from relief as mentioned in the last foregoing subsection, provides that if, within the period specified in the order, the lessee pays into court the rent in arrear and costs he shall continue to hold the land) to the period specified in the order shall be construed as reference to that period as so extended.2425262728S. 19 repealed by Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1971 (c. 43), s. 5(1)S. 20(1) repealed by Administration of Justice Act 1982 (c. 53,SIF37),s.75(1),Sch. 9 Pt.ISs. 18, 20(2) repealed by Administration of Justice Act 1982 (c. 53, SIF 37), s. 75(1), Sch. 9 Pt. IS.20(3) repealed (E.W.) by County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28, SIF 34), s. 148(3), Sch. 4Words substituted by Insolvency Act 1976 (c. 60), s. 12(2)1959 c. 22. S. 20(3)(b): sum substituted by S.I. 1984/1199, reg. 2(e)Ss. 20(4)–(7), 23 repealed (E.W.) by County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28, SIF 34), s. 148(3), Sch. 41959 c. 22. 1959 c. 22. Words repealed by Administration of Justice Act 1982 (c. 53, SIF 37), s. 75(1), Sch. 9 Pt. IS. 21 repealed by Insolvency Act 1976 (c. 60), s. 13(1), Sch. 3Ss. 22, 24, 26 repealed (E.W.) by Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54, SIF 37), s. 152(4), Sch. 7Ss. 20(4)–(7), 23 repealed (E.W.) by County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28, SIF 34), s. 148(3), Sch. 41959 c. 22. 1959 c. 22. Ss. 22, 24, 26 repealed (E.W.) by Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54, SIF 37), s. 152(4), Sch. 7S. 25 repealed by Judicial Pensions Act 1981 (c. 20, SIF 71), s. 36 (2), Sch. 4Ss. 22, 24, 26 repealed (E.W.) by Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54, SIF 37), s. 152(4), Sch. 7S. 27 repealed (E.W.) by Prosecution of Offences Act 1979 (c. 31), s. 11(2), Sch. 2 Pt. IIS. 28 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977 (c. 18), Sch. 1 Pt. XVI