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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/53/part/V</dc:identifier><dc:title>Administration of Justice Act 1982</dc:title><dc:description>An Act to make further provision with respect to the administration of justice and matters connected therewith; to amend the law relating to actions for damages for personal injuries, including injuries resulting in death, and to abolish certain actions for loss of services; to amend the law relating to wills; to make further provision with respect to funds in court, statutory deposits and schemes for the common investment of such funds and deposits and certain other funds; to amend the law relating to deductions by employers under attachment of earnings orders; to make further provision with regard to penalties that may be awarded by the Solicitors’ Disciplinary Tribunal under section 47 of the Solicitors Act 1974; to make further provision for the appointment of justices of the peace in England and Wales and in relation to temporary vacancies in the membership of the Law Commission; to enable the title register kept by the Chief Land Registrar to be kept otherwise than in documentary form; and to authorise the payment of travelling, subsistence and financial loss allowances for justices of the peace in Northern Ireland.</dc:description><dc:date>1982-11-01</dc:date><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:format>text/xml</dc:format><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2024-04-02</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2023-07-11</dct:valid>
					
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          <Strong>Part V</Strong>
        </Number><Title> County Courts</Title><P1group RestrictExtent="E+W"><Title>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <CommentaryRef Ref="c2571381"/></Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/53/section/29" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1982/53/section/29" id="section-29"><Pnumber PuncAfter="—33.">29</Pnumber><P1para><Text/></P1para></P1></P1group><P1group RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I." RestrictStartDate="2004-07-22"><Title> Transfers from High Court to county court. <CommentaryRef Ref="c2571391"/></Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/53/section/34" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1982/53/section/34" id="section-34"><Pnumber>34</Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/53/section/34/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1982/53/section/34/1" id="section-34-1"><Pnumber>1</Pnumber><P2para><Text><CommentaryRef Ref="c20820071"/>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/53/section/34/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1982/53/section/34/2" id="section-34-2"><Pnumber>2</Pnumber><P2para><Text><CommentaryRef Ref="c20820071"/>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/53/section/34/3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1982/53/section/34/3" id="section-34-3"><Pnumber>3</Pnumber><P2para><Text>In section 1(2)(c) of the <CommentaryRef Ref="c2571401"/>Charging Orders Act 1979 (by virtue of which certain High Court orders for an amount exceeding £5,000 must be enforced in the High Court) after the words “High Court” in the second place where they occur, there shall be inserted the words <InlineAmendment>“
                  or a county court
                ”</InlineAmendment>.</Text></P2para></P2></P1para></P1></P1group><P1group RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I." RestrictStartDate="2004-07-22"><Title> Transfers from county court to High Court.</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/53/section/35" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1982/53/section/35" id="section-35"><Pnumber>35</Pnumber><P1para><Text><CommentaryRef Ref="c20820111"/>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</Text></P1para></P1></P1group><P1group RestrictExtent="E+W"><Title>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <CommentaryRef Ref="c2571431"/></Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/53/section/36" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1982/53/section/36" id="section-36"><Pnumber>36</Pnumber><P1para><Text/></P1para></P1></P1group><P1group><Title> Limits of county court jurisdiction.</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/53/section/37" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1982/53/section/37" id="section-37"><Pnumber>37</Pnumber><P1para><Text>The enactments specified in Schedule 3 to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments specified in that Schedule, being amendments to restate the limits of county court jurisdiction and to provide for the raising of those limits.</Text></P1para></P1></P1group></Part></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="c2571381" Type="F"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef id="c00211" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1982/53/section/29" UpTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1982/53/section/33" Type="group" StartSectionRef="section-29" EndSectionRef="section-33">Ss. 29–33</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="c00212" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1982/53/section/36" SectionRef="section-36">36</CitationSubRef> repealed by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/28" id="c00213" Year="1984" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="28" Title="County Courts Act 1984">County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28, SIF 34)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c00214" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/28/section/148/3" CitationRef="c00213" SectionRef="section-148-3">s. 148(3)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="c00215" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/28/schedule/4" Operative="true" CitationRef="c00213" SectionRef="schedule-4">Sch. 4</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="c2571391" Type="C"><Para><Text>The text of s. 4, 6(1)(2), 14(1)(2)(4), 15(1)(3)(6), 16–19, 28(7), 34, 35, 49–54, 56–59, 61, 63–67, 69(1)(2), 70, 72(1), 75, Sch. 1 Pts. I, III, IV, Sch. 3 Pt. III para. 7, Sch. 4 Pt. I, Sch. 6 paras. 2–9, Sch. 7 Pts. I, II, Sch. 7 Pt. III paras 2, 3, Sch. 8, Sch. 9 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.</Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="c20820071" Type="F"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef id="c00216" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1982/53/section/34/1/2" SectionRef="section-34-1-2">S. 34(1)(2)</CitationSubRef> repealed (22.7.2004) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2004/14" id="c00217" Year="2004" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="14" Title="Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004">Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c00218" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2004/14/section/1/1" Operative="true" CitationRef="c00217" SectionRef="section-1-1">s. 1(1)</CitationSubRef>, {Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Group 4}</Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="c2571401" Type="M"><Para><Text><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1979/53" id="c00219" Year="1979" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="53">1979 c. 53</Citation>. </Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="c20820111" Type="F"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef id="c00220" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1982/53/section/35" SectionRef="section-35">S. 35</CitationSubRef> repealed (22.7.2004) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2004/14" id="c00221" Year="2004" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="14" Title="Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004">Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c00222" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2004/14/section/1/1" Operative="true" CitationRef="c00221" SectionRef="section-1-1">s. 1(1)</CitationSubRef>, {Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Group 4}</Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="c2571431" Type="F"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef id="c00223" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1982/53/section/29" UpTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1982/53/section/33" Type="group" StartSectionRef="section-29" EndSectionRef="section-33">Ss. 29–33</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="c00224" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1982/53/section/36" SectionRef="section-36">36</CitationSubRef> repealed by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/28" id="c00225" Year="1984" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="28" Title="County Courts Act 1984">County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28, SIF 34)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c00226" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/28/section/148/3" CitationRef="c00225" SectionRef="section-148-3">s. 148(3)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="c00227" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/28/schedule/4" Operative="true" CitationRef="c00225" SectionRef="schedule-4">Sch. 4</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="c2570601" Type="E"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef id="c00512" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1982/53/part/VI" SectionRef="part-VI">Pt. VI</CitationSubRef> applies to Scotland only to the extent specified in s. 48</Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>