The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 1996

• Citation: S.I. 1996/3141
• Sections: 4

Section 1

(1) This Order may be cited as the High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 1996 and shall come into force on the following dates:—

(a) articles 1, 2, 3, 4(1) and 4(3) on 1st January 1997;

(b) article 4(2) on 1st March 1997.

(2) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires, an article referred to by number means the article so numbered in the High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction Order 1991 .

Section 2

(1) In sub-paragraph (a) of article 2(1) “30,” shall be omitted.

(2) In sub-paragraph (n) of article 2(1) the third occurrence of “and” shall be omitted.

(3) After sub-paragraph (o) of article 2(1) there shall be inserted the following:—

and

(p) sections 13 and 14 of the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 ,

Section 3

In sub-paragraph (b) of article 8(1) after the words “less than”, the sum “£1,000” shall be substituted for “£2,000”.

Section 4

(1) In sub-paragraph (b) of article 8A(1) the word “local” shall be substituted for the word “London”.

(2) In paragraph (1) of article 8A, the word “Northampton” shall be substituted for the word “Cardiff”.

(3) After paragraph (2) of article 8A, there shall be inserted the following:—

(3) In this article, “a local authority” means:—

(a) in England, a London authority, a county or district council or the Council of the Isles of Scilly; and

(b) in Wales, a county or county borough council.