SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 9Single county court in England and Wales

Part 1Amendments of the County Courts Act 1984

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1

Section 8 (deputy district judges) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1) (appointment to facilitate disposal of business in the county courts) for “courts” substitute “court or any other court or tribunal to which a person appointed under this subsection may be deployed”.

3

Omit subsections (1B) and (1D) (which relate to the assignment of deputy district judges to county court districts).

4

In subsection (1C) (deputy district judge to have powers of a district judge)—

a

omit “and assigned to a district”,

b

omit “, while acting under his assignment,”, and

c

for “assigned to the district” substitute “other than a district judge’s power to act in a district registry of the High Court”.