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The County Courts (Administration Order Jurisdiction) Order 1981

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1981 No. 1122 (L.8)

COUNTY COURTS

The County Courts (Administration Order Jurisdiction) Order 1981

Made

31st July 1981

Laid before Parliament

10th August 1981

Coming into Operation

1st October 1981

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 31st day of July 1981

Present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by section 20(2) of the Administration of Justice Act 1965 and all other powers enabling Her Majesty, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—

1.  This Order may be cited as the County Courts (Administration Order Jurisdiction) Order 1981 and shall come into operation on 1st October 1981.

2.  In section 148(1) and (3) of the County Courts Act 1959(1), for the sum of £2,000 inserted by the County Courts (Administration Order Jurisdiction) Order 1977 there shall be substituted the sum of £5,000.

N.E. Leigh

Clerk of the Privy Council

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order increases the jurisdiction of county courts to make administration orders by raising from £2,000 to £5,000 the limit on the total indebtedness of a debtor in respect of whom an order may be made.

(1)

, as amended by section 20(1) of the Administration of Justice Act 1965.

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