Statutory Instruments
2017 No. 574
Senior Courts Of England And Wales
County Court, England And Wales
The Civil Courts (Amendment) Order 2017
Made
18th April 2017
Laid before Parliament
20th April 2017
Coming into force in accordance with article 1
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 99(1) of the Senior Courts Act 1981( 1 ), having consulted the Lord Chief Justice in accordance with that section, makes the following Order.
Commencement and citation
1. This Order may be cited as the Civil Courts (Amendment) Order 2017 and shall come into force for the purposes—
(a) of the amendment made by article 2(2)(a)(i), on 12th May 2017;
(b) of the amendments made by article 2(2)(a)(ii) and (iii), on 2nd June 2017;
(c) of the amendment made by article 2(2)(a)(iv), on 30th June 2017;
(d) of the amendment made by article 2(2)(a)(v), on 14th July 2017;
(e) of the amendments made by article 2(2)(b), on 12th May 2017; and
(f) of the amendment made by article 2(2)(c), on 7th July 2017.
Amendments to the 2014 Order
2. —(1) The Civil Courts Order 2014( 2 ) is amended as follows.
(2) In the Schedule—
(a) omit the following places specified in the first column—
(i) Llangefni;
(ii) Bolton;
(iii) Bury;
(iv) Kendal; and
(v) Oldham;
(b) on the date that this Order comes into force for the purposes of each of the amendments in paragraphs (i) to (v) respectively, omit the County Court hearing centres named in the second column corresponding to those places listed in sub-paragraph (a); and
(c) in the second column, omit the reference to the Kettering County Court hearing centre.
Oliver Heald
Minister of State
Ministry of Justice
18th April 2017
1981 c. 54 . Section 99 was amended by the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c.4) , section 15(1) and Schedule 4, Part 1, paragraphs 114 and 143(1), (2) and (3).
S.I. 2014/819 , which has been amended by S.I. 2016/974 and S.I. 2016/1068 .