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The County Courts Act 19845 is amended as follows–
a
omit section 47 (minors);
b
in section 52 (powers of court exercisable before commencement of action), in subsection (2), omit “in which a claim in respect of personal injuries to a person, or in respect of a person’s death, is likely to be made,”;
c
in section 53 (power of court to order disclosure of documents, inspection of property etc.)–
i
omit subsection (1); and
ii
in each of subsections (2) and (3), omit “to which this section applies”;
d
in section 63 (assessors)–
i
in subsection (1), omit “on the application of any party”;
ii
omit subsection (2);
iii
in subsection (3), for “at such rate as may be prescribed” substitute “determined by the judge”; and
iv
in subsection (4), for “subsection (2) (otherwise than on the application of a party to the proceedings)” substitute “assisting the judge in reviewing the taxation by the district judge of the costs of any proceedings”;
e
in section 133 (proof of service of summonses etc.), in subsection (1), omit “under the hand of that officer”; and
f
omit section 134 (summons and other process to be under seal).