The Civil Courts (Amendment) Order 1989

• Citation: S.I. 1989/106
• Sections: 3

Section 1

This Order may be cited as the Civil Courts (Amendment) Order 1989 and shall come into force on 27th February 1989.

Section 2 District Registry of the High Court

The district of the district registry of the High Court established at Workington shall be defined by reference to the districts of the Whitehaven and Workington County Courts.

Section 3 County Courts

(1) A county court shall be established at Whitehaven.

(2) For the purposes of section 33(1) of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984, the Whitehaven County Court shall be a divorce county court and a court of trial.

(3) For the purposes of section 26 of the County Courts Act 1984 the district of the Whitehaven County Court shall be assigned for admiralty purposes to the Workington County Court.

(4) For the purposes of sections 117(4) and 374 of the Insolvency Act 1986 the Whitehaven County Court shall be excluded from having jurisdiction under those provisions and the district of the Whitehaven County Court shall be attached for bankruptcy and winding-up of companies purposes to the Workington County Court.

(5) The amendments set out in the Schedule to this Order shall be made to the Civil Courts Order 1983 being amendments that are consequential upon the foregoing provisions of this order.