2008 No. 2934
The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2008
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force in accordance with article 1
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1 and 120 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 M1, after consulting in accordance with section 1(9) of that Act, makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement1
1
This Order may be cited as the High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2008.
2
This article and article 2 of this Order come into force on 12th December 2008.
3
Articles 3 and 5 of this Order in so far as they relate to the EOP Regulation come into force on 12th December 2008.
4
Articles 3 and 5 of this Order in so far as they relate to the ESCP Regulation and articles 6 and 7 of this Order come into force on 1st January 2009
5
Article 4 of this Order comes into force on 6th April 2009.
Interpretation2
In this Order—
a
“the 1991 Order” means the High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction Order 1991 M2 and an article referred to by number alone means the article so numbered in the 1991 Order;
b
“the EOP Regulation” means Regulation (EC) No 1896/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 creating a European order for payment procedure M3; and
c
“the ESCP Regulation” means Regulation (EC) No 861/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 July 2007 establishing a European small claims procedure M4.
Amendments to the 1991 OrderF13
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4
Revoke article 2(1)(h).
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6
In article 4, for “and 6A”, substitute “
, 6A and 6B
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Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor
1990 c.41.