Courts Act 1971

43Abolition of certain other local courts

(1)There are hereby abolished the following local courts of record, being those which actively exercise a civil jurisdiction comparable to or greater than that of the county court for the district in which they are situated:—

(a)the Tolzey and Pie Poudre Courts of the City and County of Bristol;

(b)the Liverpool Court of Passage ;

(c)the Norwich Guildhall Court; and

(d)the Court of Record for the Hundred of Salford.

(2)The provisions of Part III of Schedule 5 to this Act shall have effect with respect to certain transitional matters consequential on the abolition of the courts specified in subsection (1) above.