The Civil Courts (Amendment) Order 2006

• Citation: S.I. 2006/1542
• Sections: 7

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Civil Courts (Amendment) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 6th July 2006.

Section 2 Closure of Shoreditch County Court and Clerkenwell County Court

The Shoreditch County Court and the Clerkenwell County Court shall cease to be held.

Section 3 Establishment of Clerkenwell & Shoreditch County Court

A county court shall be held at Farringdon, London EC1 and named the Clerkenwell & Shoreditch County Court.

Section 4 Divorce jurisdiction

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

Section 5 Transitional provisions

The Clerkenwell & Shoreditch County Court shall have jurisdiction in proceedings begun in the Shoreditch County Court and the Clerkenwell County Court before this Order comes into force.

Section 6 Proceedings under the Insolvency Act 1986

The Clerkenwell & Shoreditch County Court shall be excluded from having jurisdiction under the Insolvency Act 1986.

Section 7 Amendments to the Civil Courts Order 1983

The Civil Courts Order 1983 shall be amended as follows:

(1) In Schedule 3—

(a) delete the entries relating to Clerkenwell County Court;

(b) delete the entries relating to Shoreditch County Court;

(c) in the fifth column, for each entry for “Westminster”, substitute “Central London”;

(2) after the entry for “Exeter” insert—

(a) in the first column “Farringdon”;

(b) in the second column “Divorce”;

(c) in the Fifth column “Central London”.

(3) In Schedule 4 insert—

(14) The name of the County Court at Farringdon, shall be the Clerkenwell & Shoreditch County Court.