Statutory Instruments
2006 No. 1847 (L. 7)
SUPREME COURT OF ENGLAND AND WALES
COUNTY COURTS, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Civil Procedure Act 1997 (Amendment) Order 2006
Made
10th July 2006
Laid before Parliament
12th July 2006
Coming into force
1st September 2006
The Lord Chancellor makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 2A(1) of the Civil Procedure Act 1997( 1 ), after consulting in accordance with section 2A(2A) of that Act, and with the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice in accordance with section 2A(2) of that Act.
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Civil Procedure Act 1997 (Amendment) Order 2006, and shall come into force on 1st September 2006.
Amendment to the Civil Procedure Act 1997
2. In section 2 of the Civil Procedure Act 1997 (Rule Committee), in subsection (2)(c), for “one district judge” substitute “either one or two district judges”.
Falconer of Thoroton, C
10th July 2006
1997 c. 12 . Section 2A was inserted by the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39) , s 84 and amended by the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4) , Schedule 1 paragraphs 261, 263 and 264.