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Statutory Instruments
SUPREME COURT OF ENGLAND AND WALES
COUNTY COURTS
Made
20th November 1997
Laid before Parliament
20th November 1997
Coming into force
Articles 3(b) and 4(b)
24th December 1997
remaining provisions
15th December 1997
1. This Order may be cited as the Civil Courts (Amendment No. 4) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 15th December 1997, except for articles 3(b) and 4(b) which shall come into force on 24th December 1997.
2. In this Order, "the 1983 Order" means the Civil Courts Order 1983(3), and a Schedule referred to by number alone means the Schedule so numbered in that Order.
3. In Schedule 1-
(a)"Alnwick", "Berwick-upon-Tweed" and "Blyth" shall be deleted from their positions in the second column opposite the entry for "Newcastle upon Tyne" in the first column;
(b)"Bridlington" shall be deleted from its position in the second column opposite the entry for "Scarborough" in the first column; and
(c)"Morpeth and Berwick" shall be substituted for "Morpeth" in the second column opposite the entry for "Newcastle upon Tyne" in the first column.
4. In Schedule 3-
(a)the entries relating to "Alnwick", "Berwick-upon-Tweed" and "Blyth" shall be deleted(4); and
(b)the entry relating to "Bridlington"(4) shall be deleted.
5. In Schedule 4, paragraph 10, there shall be inserted-
"10A. The name of the county court at Morpeth shall be the Morpeth and Berwick County Court.".
Irvine of Lairg, C.
20th November 1997
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Civil Courts Order 1983 so as to-
(a)close the County Courts at Alnwick, Blyth and Bridlington;
(b)rename the County Court at Morpeth as the Morpeth and Berwick County Court; and
(c)close the County Court at Berwick-upon-Tweed as a separate court (as it will become part of the new Morpeth and Berwick County Court).
S.I. 1983/713; there are no relevant amending instruments.
Directions given on behalf of the Lord Chancellor under section 2(3) of the County Courts Act 1984 will determine which court districts will include the former districts of the courts closed by this Order with effect from the dates on which this Order comes into force.
