The Civil Courts (Amendment) Order 2007

• Citation: S.I. 2007/786
• Sections: 6

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Civil Courts (Amendment) Order 2007 and shall come into force on 2nd April 2007.

Section 2 Interpretation

In this Order, “the 1983 Order ” means the Civil Courts Order 1983 .

Section 3 Establishment of a District Registry of the High Court at Mold

(1) A district registry of the High Court shall be established at Mold.

(2) In the 1983 Order—

(a) in Schedule 1, after the entry for Milton Keynes—

(i) in the first column insert “Mold (CHANCERY)”; and

(ii) in the second column opposite the entry for “Mold” , insert “Mold”;

(b) in Schedule 1, in the second column opposite the entry for Wrexham, omit “Mold”; and

(c) in Schedule 3, in the first column, after “Mold” insert “(D.R.)”.

Section 4 Jurisdiction under the Insolvency Act 1986

(1) Jurisdiction is conferred on the Bury County Court and the Mold County Court for the purposes of Parts VIII to XI of the Insolvency Act 1986.

(2) In Schedule 3 to the 1983 Order—

(a) opposite the entry in the first column for Bury (D.R.)—

(i) in the second column, before “Divorce”, insert “Bankruptcy”; and

(ii) in the fourth column, omit “Bolton”; and

(b) opposite the entry in the first column for Mold (D.R.)—

(i) in the second column, insert “Bankruptcy”; and

(ii) in the fourth column, omit “Chester”.

Section 5 Transitional—certain insolvency proceedings commenced before 2nd April 2007

(1) In this article, “insolvency proceedings” means proceedings under the Insolvency Act 1986.

(2) Insolvency proceedings—

(a) that would have been allocated to the Bury County Court if that court had had, before this Order came into force, jurisdiction in insolvency proceedings; and

(b) that were, immediately before this Order came into force, being dealt with in the Bolton County Court;

may either be continued in the Bolton County Court or transferred to the Bury County Court.

(3) Insolvency proceedings—

(a) that would have been allocated to the Mold County Court if that court had had, before this Order came into force, jurisdiction in insolvency proceedings; and

(b) that were, immediately before this Order came into force, being dealt with in the Chester County Court;

may either be continued in the Chester County Court or transferred to the Mold County Court.

Section 6 Other amendments to the 1983 Order

In the 1983 Order—

(a) in article 9, for “For the purposes of section 374(1)(a) of the Insolvency Act 1986 and of section 218(5) of the Companies Act 1948—”, substitute “For the purposes of Parts I to XI of the Insolvency Act 1986—”;

(b) from articles 9(a) and 9(b), omit “under those Acts”; and

(c) in Schedule 1, in the entry for Caernarfon, in the first column after “Caernarfon” insert “(CHANCERY”).