The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 1995

• Citation: S.I. 1995/205
• Sections: 5

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

This Order may be cited as the High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 1995 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Section 2 Citation, commencement and interpretation

In this Order, “the 1991 Order ” means the High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction Order 1991 and an article referred to by number means the article so numbered in the 1991 Order.

Section 3 Amendments to the 1991 Order

The 1991 Order shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this Order.

Section 4 Amendments to the 1991 Order

After article 7(5) there shall be inserted the following new paragraph—

(6)

(a) Where the High Court or a county court is considering whether to exercise the powers mentioned in paragraph (5) so as to transfer proceedings to or from the Central London County Court Business List, paragraph (4) shall apply as if the figure of £200,000 were substituted for the figure of £50,000.

(b) In sub-paragraph (a), ‘the Central London County Court Business List’ means the business list established at the Central London County Court by Order 48C of the County Court Rules 1981 .

Section 5 Amendments to the 1991 Order

Article 8 shall be amended as follows—

(a) at the beginning of paragraph (1), there shall be inserted the words “Subject to paragraph (1A)”;

(b) in paragraph (1)(a), the words “subject to sub-paragraph (b)(ii)” shall be omitted;

(c) for paragraph (1)(b) there shall be substituted the following—

(b) shall be enforced only in a county court where the sum which it is sought to enforce is less than £2,000.

(d) after paragraph (1) there shall be inserted the following new paragraph—

(1A) A judgment or order of a county court for the payment of a sum of money in proceedings arising out of an agreement regulated by the Consumer Credit Act 1974 shall be enforced only in a county court.