Statutory Instruments
2013 No. 421
County Courts, England And Wales
The Allocation and Transfer of Proceedings (Amendment) Order 2013
Made
25th February 2013
Laid before Parliament
4th March 2013
Coming into force
25th March 2013
The Lord Chancellor, after consulting the Lord Chief Justice, makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 92(6) of and Part 1 of Schedule 11 to the Children Act 1989( 1 ).
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Allocation and Transfer of Proceedings (Amendment) Order 2013 and shall come into force on 25th March 2013.
Revocation of jurisdiction
2. Trowbridge County Court shall cease to be a family hearing centre.
Family hearing centre
3. Chippenham and Trowbridge County Court shall be a family hearing centre( 2 ).
Amendments to the Allocation and Transfer of Proceedings Order 2008
4. —(1) The Allocation and Transfer of Proceedings Order 2008( 3 ) shall be amended as follows.
(2) In Schedule 1 omit the entry relating to Trowbridge County Court.
(3) In Schedule 1 after the entry for Chichester County Court insert—
(a) in the first column “Chippenham and Trowbridge County Court”;
(b) in the second column “Yes”.
Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor
Helen Grant
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Ministry of Justice
25th February 2013
1989 c. 41 . Part 1 of Schedule 11 was amended by paragraphs 203 and 210 of Schedule 4 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4) .
S.I. 2013/415 provides that a county court shall be held at Chippenham named the Chippenham and Trowbridge County Court.
S.I. 2008/2836 , as amended by S.I. 2009/3319 , S.I. 2011/1460 , S.I. 2011/2064 , S.I. 2012/642 and S.I. 2012/1955 .