The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction Order 1991

Made: 19th March 1991

Coming into force: 1st July 1991

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections1 and 120 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990, having consulted as required by section 1(9) of that Act, hereby makes the following Order a draft of which has, in accordance with section 120(4) of that Act, been laid before and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament:—

Title and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction Order 1991 and shall come into force on 1st July 1991.

Jurisdiction

2

• (1) The County Court shall have jurisdiction under—

• (a) sections ... 146 and 147 of the Law of Property Act 1925 ,

• (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (c) section 26 of the Arbitration Act 1950 ,

• (d) section 63(2) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 ,

• (e) section 28(3) of the Mines and Quarries (Tips) Act 1969 ,

• (f) section 66 of the Taxes Management Act 1970 ,

• (g) section 41 of the Administration of Justice Act 1970 ,

• (h) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (i) section 13 of the Torts (Interference with Goods) Act 1977 ,

• (j) section 87 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 ,

• (k) sections 19 and 20 of the Local Government Finance Act 1982 ,

• (l) sections 15, 16, 21, 25 and 139 of the County Courts Act 1984 ,

• (m) section 39(4) of, and paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 3 to, the Legal Aid Act 1988 ,

• (n) sections 99, 102(5), 114, 195, 204, 230, 231 and 235(5) of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 , ...

• (o) section 40 of the Housing Act 1988 , and

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

• (q) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

whatever the amount involved in the proceedings and whatever the value of any fund or asset connected with the proceedings ... .

• (2) The County Court shall have jurisdiction under—

• (a) section 10 of the Local Land Charges Act 1975 , and

• (b) section 10(4) of the Rentcharges Act 1977 ,

where the sum concerned or amount claimed does not exceed £5,000.

• (3) The County Court shall have jurisdiction under the following provisions of the Law of Property Act 1925 where the capital value of the land or interest in land which is to be dealt with does not exceed £30,000:

• (a) sections 3, 49, 66, 181, and 188;

• (b) proviso (iii) to paragraph 3 of Part III of Schedule 1;

• (c) proviso (v) to paragraph 1(3) of Part IV of Schedule 1;

• (d) provisos (iii) and (iv) to paragraph 1(4) of Part IV of Schedule 1.

• (4) The County Court shall have jurisdiction under sections 89, 90, 91 and 92 of the Law of Property Act 1925 where the amount owing in respect of the mortgage or charge at the commencement of the proceedings does not exceed £30,000.

• (5) The County Court shall have jurisdiction under the proviso to section 136(1) of the Law of Property Act 1925 where the amount or value of the debt or thing in action does not exceed £30,000.

• (6) The County Court shall have jurisdiction under section 1(6) of the Land Charges Act 1972 —

• (a) in the case of a land charge of Class C(i), C(ii) or D(i), if the amount does not exceed £30,000;

• (b) in the case of a land charge of Class C(iii), if it is for a specified capital sum of money not exceeding £30,000 or, where it is not for a specified capital sum, if the capital value of the land affected does not exceed £30,000;

• (c) in the case of a land charge of Class A, Class B, Class C(iv), Class D(ii), Class D(iii) or Class E, if the capital value of the land affected does not exceed £30,000;

• (d) in the case of a land charge of Class F, if the land affected by it is the subject of an order made by the court under section 1 of the Matrimonial Homes Act 1983 or an application for an order under that section relating to that land has been made to the court;

• (e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (7) The County Court shall have jurisdiction under sections 69, 70 and 71 of the Solicitors Act 1974 where a bill of costs relates wholly or partly to contentious business done in the County Court and the amount of the bill does not exceed £5,000.

• (7A) The County Court shall have jurisdiction under the following provisions of the Trade Marks Act 1994—

• (a) sections 15, 16, 19, 23(5), 25(4)(b), 30, 31, 46, 47, 64, 73 and 74;

• (b) paragraph 12 of Schedule 1; and

• (c) paragraph 14 of Schedule 2,

to include jurisdiction to hear and determine any claims or matters ancillary to, or arising from proceedings brought under such provisions.

• (7B) The County Court has jurisdiction in respect of any contentious probate matter arising in connection with an application for the grant or revocation of probate or administration where—

• (a) the grant or application is made through the principal registry of the Family Division or a district probate registry under section 105 of the Senior Courts Act 1981; and

• (b) it is shown to the satisfaction of the County Court that the value of the deceased’s net estate at the date of death does not exceed £30,000.

• (7C) In paragraph (7B), “net estate”, in relation to a deceased person, means the estate of that person exclusive of any property the deceased was possessed of or entitled to as a trustee and not beneficially, and after making allowances for funeral expenses and for debts and liabilities.

• (8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Injunctions

3

The High Court shall have jurisdiction to hear an application for an injunction made in the course of or in anticipation of proceedings in the County Court where the County Court may not, by virtue of regulations under section 38(3)(b) of the County Courts Act 1984 or otherwise, grant such an injunction.

Allocation—Commencement of proceedings

4

Subject to articles 4A, 5, 6, 6A to 6E, proceedings in which both the County Court and the High Court have jurisdiction may be commenced either in the County Court or in the High Court.

5

• (1) Proceedings which include a claim for damages in respect of personal injuries may only be commenced in the High Court if the ... value of the claim is £50,000 or more.

• (2) In this article “personal injuries” means personal injuries to the claimant or any other person, and includes disease, impairment of physical or mental condition, and death.

• (3) This article does not apply to proceedings which include a claim for damages in respect of an alleged breach of duty of care committed in the course of the provision of clinical or medical services (including dental or nursing services).

6

Applications and appeals under section 19 of the Local Government Finance Act 1982 and appeals under section 20 of that Act shall be commenced in the High Court.

Allocation—Trial

7

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Enforcement

8

• (1) Subject to paragraph (1A) a judgment or order of the County Court for the payment of a sum of money which it is sought to enforce wholly or partially by execution against goods—

• (a) ... shall be enforced only in the High Court where the sum which it is sought to enforce is £5,000 or more;

• (b) shall be enforced only in the County Court where the sum which it is sought to enforce is less than £600.

• (c) in any other case may be enforced in either the High Court or the County Court.

• (1A) A judgment or order of the County Court for the payment of a sum of money in proceedings arising out of an agreement regulated by the Consumer Credit Act 1974 shall be enforced only in the County Court .

• (2) Subject to paragraph (3), where—

• (a) an enactment provides that a sum of money shall be or may be recoverable as if it were payable under the County Court order; and

• (b) the recovery of that sum is sought wholly or partially by execution against goods,

payment of that sum shall be enforced in accordance with paragraphs (1)(a) to (c).

• (3) Paragraph (1)(b) does not apply to the enforcement of—

• (a) a sum of money recoverable under section 15(1) of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996; or

• (b) a compromise sum which is recoverable under section 19A(3) of that Act.

• (2) Section 85(1) of the County Courts Act 1984 is amended by the insertion, at the beginning of the subsection, of the words “ Subject to article 8 of the High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction Order 1991, ”.

Definition of value of action

9

For the purposes of Articles 4A and 5, the ... value of the claim shall be calculated in accordance with rule 16.3(6) of the Civil Procedure Rules 1998.

10

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Crown proceedings—transitional provisions

11

For a period of two years from the date upon which this Order comes into force no order shall be made transferring proceedings in the High Court to which the Crown is a party to the County Court, except—

• (a) when the proceedings are set down to be tried or heard; or

• (b) with the consent of the Crown.

Savings

12

This Order shall not apply to:

• (a) family proceedings within the meaning of Part V of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 ;

• (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

SCHEDULE

PART I— — ACTS

PART II— — STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

Signed

Mackay of Clashfern, C. — 1991-03-19

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1990 c. 41.

[^f00002]: 15 & 16 Geo. 5 c.20; relevant amendments were made by the County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28), section 148(1) andPart II of Schedule 2.

[^f00003]: 1 & 2 Geo. 6 c.22; section 58C was inserted by section 300 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48).

[^f00004]: 14 Geo. 6 c.27; relevant amendments were made by the County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28), section 148(1) andparagraph 22 of Schedule 2.

[^f00005]: 2 & 3 Eliz. 2 c.56; relevant amendments were made by the Administration of Justice Act 1973 (c. 15), section 6 and Part I of Schedule 2.

[^f00006]: 1969 c. 10; relevant amendments were made by the County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28), section 148(1) and paragraph 35 of Schedule 2.

[^f00007]: 1970 c. 9; relevant amendments were made by the County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28), section 148(1) and paragraph 36 of Schedule 2.

[^f00008]: 1970 c. 31; relevant amendments were made by the County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28), section 148(1) and paragraph 38 of Schedule 2.

[^f00009]: 1974 c. 39; relevant amendments were made by the Administration of Justice Act 1982 (c. 53), section 37 and paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 and by the County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28), section 148(1) and paragraph 47 of Schedule 2.

[^f00010]: 1977 c. 32; relevant amendments were made by the County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28), section 148(1) and paragraph 66 of Schedule 2.

[^f00011]: 1980 c. 43; relevant amendments were made by the County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28), section 148(1) and paragraph 73 of Schedule 2.

[^f00012]: 1982 c. 32.

[^f00013]: 1984 c. 28.

[^f00014]: 1988 c. 34.

[^f00015]: 1988 c. 48.

[^f00016]: 1988 c. 50.

[^f00017]: 1975 c. 76; relevant amendments were made by the County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28), section 148(1) and paragraph 57 of Schedule 2.

[^f00018]: 1977 c. 30; relevant amendments were made by the County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28), section 148(1) and paragraph 63 of Schedule 2.

[^f00019]: 15 & 16 Geo. 5 c.20; relevant amendments were made by the County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28), section 148(1) and Part II of Schedule 2.

[^f00020]: 15 & 16 Geo. 5 c.20; relevant amendments were made by the County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28), section 148(1) and Part II of Schedule 2.

[^f00021]: 15 & 16 Geo. 5 c.20; relevant amendments were made by the County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28), section 148(1) and Part II of Schedule 2.

[^f00022]: 1972 c. 61; relevant amendments were made by the County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28), section 148(1) and Part IV of Schedule 2.

[^f00023]: 1983 c. 19.

[^f00024]: 4 & 5 Geo. 5 c.47.

[^f00025]: 1974 c. 47; relevant amendments were made by the Administration of Justice Act 1982 (c. 53), section 37 and Part II of Schedule 3, and by the County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28), section 148(1) and paragraph 50 of Schedule 2.

[^f00026]: 1984 c. 28; section 38 was replaced by the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41), section 3.

[^f00027]: 1984 c. 28; sections 40 and 42 were replaced, and section 41 was amended, by the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41), section 2.

[^f00028]: 1974 c. 39.

[^f00029]: 1981 c. 54.

[^f00030]: 1989 c. 24.

[^f00031]: 1984 c. 42.

[^f00032]: Details of relevant amendments to the statutes amended in this Schedule are set out in the footnotes to article 2.

Crown proceedings—transitional provisions

Savings

Chapter	Short Title	Amendment
22 Vict. c.12	Defence Act 1859	Section 5 is repealed.
15 & 16 Geo. 5 c.20	Law of Property Act 1925	(1)In sections 3(7), 49(4), 66(4), paragraph 3A of Part III of Schedule 1 and paragraph 1(3A) and (4A) of Part IV of Schedule 1, for the words “the county court limit” is substituted “ £30,000 ”, and the words “or net annual value for rating” are omitted.(2)In sections 30(2) and 147(5) the words from “where the” onwards are omitted.(3)In sections 89(7), 90(3), 91(8), 92(2), 136(3), 181(2) and 188(2), for the words “the county court limit” is substituted “ £30,000 ”.(4)In section 146(13), paragraphs (a) and (b) are omitted.(5)In section 205(1), paragraph (iiiA) is omitted.
1 & 2 Geo. 6 c.22	Trade Marks Act 1938	In section 58C(5)(a) for the word “provided” are substituted the words “ save that in Northern Ireland such proceedings may be brought in a county cour t only where ”.
14 Geo. 6 c.27	Arbitration Act 1950	(1)In section 26, the following is substituted for subsection (2):2If the County Court so orders, the amount sought to be recovered shall be recoverable (by execution issued from the county court or otherwise) as if payable under an order of that court and shall not be enforceable under subsection (1) above..(2)In section 26, subsection (4) is omitted.
2 & 3 Eliz. 2 c.56	Landlord and Tenant Act 1954	In section 63—(a)in subsection (2), paragraphs (a) and (b) are omitted and the words “ by the High Court or the County Court” are substituted.(b)subsection (3) is omitted;(c)in subsection (4)(a), for the words “subsection (2) of this section” are substituted the words “ an Order under section 1 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 ”;(d)subsection (8) is omitted;(e)in subsection (9), for the words “section one hundred and eleven of the County Courts Act 1934” are substituted the words “ section 41 of the County Courts Act 1984 ”
1969 c.10	Mines and Quarries (Tips) Act 1969	The following is substituted for section 28:28. In the application of this Part of this Act to England and Wales, “the court” means the High Court or the County Court.
1970 c.9	Taxes Management Act 1970	(1)In section 66(1) for the words from “where the amount” to “the tax may,” are substituted the words “ Tax due and payable under any assessment may, in England and Wales, and in Northern Ireland where the amount does not exceed the limit specified in Article 10(1) of the County Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1980, ”.(2)Section 66(2A) is omitted.(3)The following is substituted for section 66(3):3In this section as it applies in Northern Ireland the expression “county court” shall mean the County Court held for a division under the County Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1980.
1970 c.31	Administration of Justice Act 1970	In section 41, subsections (4) and (4A) are omitted.
1972 c.61	Land Charges Act 1972	(1)The following is substituted for section 1(6A):6AThe county courts have jurisdiction under subsection (6) above—ain the case of a land charge of Class C(i), C(ii) or D(i), if the amount does not exceed £30,000;bin the case of a land charge of Class C(iii), if it is for a specified capital sum of money not exceeding £30,000 or, where it is not for a specified capital sum, if the capital value of the land affected does not exceed £30,000;cin the case of a land charge of Class A, Class B, Class C(iv), Class D(ii), Class D(iii) or Class E if the capital value of the land affected does not exceed £30,000;din the case of a land charge of Class F, if the land affected by it is the subject of an order made by the court under section 1 of the Matrimonial Homes Act 1983 or an application for an order under that section relating to that land has been made to the court;ein a case where an application under section 23 of the Deeds of Arrangement Act 1914 could be entertained by the court..(2)Section 1(6B) is omitted.
1974 c.39	Consumer Credit Act 1974	In section 139, the words, in subsection (5), “not exceeding the county court limit” and “on which the credit limit does not exceed the county court limit”, and subsection (5A) are omitted.
1974 c.47	Solicitors Act 1974	In section 69—(a)in subsection (3), for the words “the county court limit” is substituted “ £5,000 ”; a nd(b)subsection (4) is omitted.
1975 c.76	Local Land Charges Act 1975	The following is substituted for section 10(8) and (8A):8Where the amount claimed by way of compensation under this section does not exceed £5,000, proceedings for the recovery of such compensation may be begun in the County Court..
1977 c.30	Rentcharges Act 1977	(1)In section 10(4) for the words “the county court limit” is substituted “ £5,000 ”.(2)In section 10, subsection (4A) is omitted.
1977 c.32	Torts (Interference with Goods) Act 1977	(1)In section 13(3) the words from “, and the County Court” onwards are omitted and the following is substituted:and the County Court shall have jurisdiction in the proceedings save that, in Northern Ireland, the County Court shall only have jurisdiction in proceedings if the value of the goods does not exceed the county court limit mentioned inArticle 10(1) of the County Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1980..(2)In section 14 the definition of “county court limit” is omitted.
1980 c.43	Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980	In section 87, subsections (2) and 2(A) are omitted.
. . .	. . .	. . .
1982 c.53	Administration of Justice Act 1982	In paragraph 8 of Schedule 3 the words from “if the limit” to the end are omitted.
1984 c.28	County Courts Act 1984	(1)In section 15(1) the words from “where the debt” to the end are omitted.(2)In section 15(2), paragraph (a) and the words “any hereditament or to” in paragraph (b) are omitted.(3)Section 15(3) is omitted.(4)In section 16, paragraph (b) and the word “and” immediately before it are omitted.(5)In section 21(1) the words from “where the net annual value” to the end are omitted.(6)In section 21(2) the words from “being an action” to the end are omitted.(7)In section 21, subsections (5) and (6) are omitted.(8)In section 24(2)(c), the references to sections 30(2), 146(13) and 147(5) are omitted.(9)In section 25, the words from “where it is shown” to the end are omitted.(10)In section 139(2) the words “, if the net annual value for rating of the land does not exceed the county court limit,” are omitted.(11)In section 147(1), paragraph (b) of the definition of “the county court limit” and, in paragraph (c) of that definition, the words “or (b)” are omitted.
1985 c.68	Housing Act 1985	In section 582(7), paragraph (b) is omitted.
1988 c.34	Legal Aid Act 1988	(1)In section 39(4) the words from “notwithstanding” onwards are omitted.(2)Paragraph 3(3)(b) of Schedule 3, and the word “or” immediately preceding it, are omitted.
1988 c.48	Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988	(1)In sections 115, 205 and 232 before the words “where the value” are inserted the words “ save that, in Northern Ireland, the County Court may entertain such proceedings only ”.
1988 c.50	Housing Act 1988	Section 40(2) is omitted.
1984 c.28	The County Courts Act 1984	In section 23(b)—(a) in sub-paragraph (ii) omit “or”; and(b) omit sub-paragraph (iii).
1986 c.45	The Insolvency Act 1986	In section 117, after subsection (2) insert-2ADespite subsection (2), proceedings for the exercise of the jurisdiction to wind up a company registered in England and Wales may be commenced only in the High Court if the place which has longest been the company’s registered office during the 6 months immediately preceding the presentation of the petition for winding up is in the district that is the London insolvency district for the purposes of the second Group of Parts of this Act..
2006 c.26	The Companies Act 2006	(2) In section 641, after subsection (6) insert—7In subsection (1)(b), section 91(5)(b)(iii), sections 645 to 651 (except in the phrase “sanctioned by the court under Part 26”) and 653(1) “the court” means, in England and Wales, the High Court..

Editorial notes

[^c18529611]: 1990 c.41.

[^c18529621]: 15 & 16 Geo. 5 c.20; relevant amendments were made by the County Courts Act 1984 (c.28), section 148(1) and Part II of Schedule 2.

[^c18529641]: 14 Geo. 6 c.27; relevant amendments were made by the County Courts Act 1984 (c.28), section 148(1) and paragraph 22 of Schedule 2.

[^c18529651]: 2 & 3 Eliz. 2 c.56; relevant amendments were made by the Administration of Justice Act 1973 (c.15), section 6 and Part I of Schedule 2.

[^c18529661]: 1969 c.10; relevant amendments were made by the County Courts Act 1984 (c.28), section 148(1) and paragraph 35 of Schedule 2.

[^c18529671]: 1970 c.9; relevant amendments were made by the County Courts Act 1984 (c.28), section 148(1) and paragraph 36 of Schedule 2.

[^c18529681]: 1970 c.31; relevant amendments were made by the County Courts Act 1984 (c.28), section 148(1) and paragraph 38 of Schedule 2.

[^c18529701]: 1977 c.32; relevant amendments were made by the County Courts Act 1984 (c.28), section 148(1) and paragraph 66 of Schedule 2.

[^c18529711]: 1980 c.43; relevant amendments were made by the County Courts Act 1984 (c.28), section 148(1) and paragraph 73 of Schedule 2.

[^c18529721]: 1982 c.32.

[^c18529731]: 1984 c.28.

[^c18529741]: 1988 c.34.

[^c18529751]: 1988 c.48.

[^c18529761]: 1988 c.50.

[^c18529771]: 1975 c.76; relevant amendments were made by the County Courts Act 1984 (c.28), section 148(1) and paragraph 57 of Schedule 2.

[^c18529781]: 1977 c.30; relevant amendments were made by the County Courts Act 1984 (c.28), section 148(1) and paragraph 63 of Schedule 2.

[^c18529791]: 15 & 16 Geo. 5 c.20; relevant amendments were made by the County Courts Act 1984 (c.28), section 148(1) and Part II of Schedule 2.

[^c18529801]: 15 & 16 Geo. 5 c.20; relevant amendments were made by the County Courts Act 1984 (c.28), section 148(1) and Part II of Schedule 2.

[^c18529811]: 15 & 16 Geo. 5 c.20; relevant amendments were made by the County Courts Act 1984 (c.28), section 148(1) and Part II of Schedule 2.

[^c18529821]: 1972 c.61; relevant amendments were made by the County Courts Act 1984 (c.28), section 148(1) and Part IV of Schedule 2.

[^c18529831]: 1983 c.19.

[^c18529851]: 1974 c.47; relevant amendments were made by the Administration of Justice Act 1982 (c.53), section 37 and Part II of Schedule 3, and by the County Courts Act 1984 (c.28), section 148(1) and paragraph 50 of Schedule 2.

[^c18529861]: 1984 c.28; section 38 was replaced by the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c.41), section 3.

[^c18529911]: 1984 c.42.

[^c18529921]: Details of relevant amendments to the statutes amended in this Schedule are set out in the footnotes to article 2.

[^key-d107ecd99d3b60c8335d421f7b1cb01f]: Art. 9 applied (1.10.1991) by The County Court Appeals Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/1877), arts. 1, 2(5)

[^key-fe2ed11eb9e4a87df7f63a42247edf18]: Art. 6A inserted (31.1.1993) by Access to Neighbouring Land Act 1992 (c. 23), ss. 7(2), 9(2) (with ss. 7(3), 8(2)); S.I. 1992/3349, art. 2

[^key-50c20a8bdefef430ece31d3ef527f0ee]: Art. 8(1)(a) substituted (8.6.1993) by The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/1407), arts. 1, 4(1)

[^key-0b772c4a3aedb2711f91bbe4f6542f11]: Art. 8A inserted (8.6.1993) by The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/1407), arts. 1, 5

[^M_F_841e2a28-e78f-4603-84a1-45ebdaa638b9]: Words in art. 6 inserted (8.6.1993) by The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/1407), arts. 1, 3

[^key-96b9ee31f26996fb0ef404aa2b7139a0]: Art. 8(1A) inserted (1.2.1995) by The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/205), arts. 1, 5(d)

[^key-03cd72dd89041c22defb767894e4306d]: Art. 8(1)(b) substituted (1.2.1995) by The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/205), arts. 1, 5(c)

[^key-8fd153fe502bfce8b796956c1ed1f8ab]: Words in art. 8(1) inserted (1.2.1995) by The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/205), arts. 1, 5(a)

[^key-21efe0e311a011dc60921bc04673bd8c]: Words in art. 8(1)(a) omitted (1.2.1995) by virtue of The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/205), arts. 1, 5(b)

[^key-28ff4b3d8b3503cd0c6776adf87a1560]: Art. 2(1)(p) and word inserted (1.1.1997) by The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/3141), arts. 1(1)(a), 2(3)

[^key-fcd7725b8f256c0f36e01f94cefcd507]: Word in art. 2(1)(a) omitted (1.1.1997) by virtue of The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/3141), arts. 1(1)(a), 2(1)

[^key-dba71d67fb0c24552c5a84da8c1c93b0]: Word in art. 2(1)(n) omitted (1.1.1997) by virtue of The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/3141), arts. 1(1)(a), 2(2)

[^key-e882351ab50c0eaf9d068f524ba1b770]: Art. 8A(3) inserted (1.1.1997) by The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/3141), arts. 1(1)(a), 4(3)

[^key-e83e1f8956a2e2f0a27b44dc2974915b]: Word in art. 8A(1)(b) substituted (1.1.1997) by The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/3141), arts. 1(1)(a), 4(1)

[^key-c7a359264c968f41e2655b687e72e8b6]: Words in Sch. Pt. 1 revoked (11.9.1998) by Audit Commission Act 1998 (c. 18), s. 55(2), Sch. 5

[^key-d490447e4154d5822b30bc61b9f18a8d]: Word in art. 4 inserted (26.4.1999) by The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1014), arts. 1, 4

[^M_F_ac961720-87a2-4df3-a119-26c3a0b18229]: Art. 5(1) substituted (26.4.1999) by The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1014), arts. 1, 6(a)

[^M_F_d0dc0fc4-8374-43b0-b186-9407c7f39db9]: Art. 5(3) inserted (26.4.1999) by The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1014), arts. 1, 6(b)

[^key-8978ed27d8ddf072d94922d169cff640]: Art. 7 omitted (26.4.1999) by virtue of The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1014), arts. 1, 7

[^M_F_563fdbdc-e683-419d-ca0f-330bdaa9b06b]: Sum in art. 8(1)(b) substituted (26.4.1999) by The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1014), arts. 1, 8

[^key-292a76848e186695b3baebd9efb45721]: Word in Order substituted (26.4.1999) by The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1014), arts. 1, 3

[^key-cc7fe788196651a396ab9d6835f9bf11]: Art. 9 substituted (26.4.1999) by The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1014), arts. 1, 9

[^key-5a122730eacfadf39de6b4603a2c3a39]: Art. 10 omitted (26.4.1999) by virtue of The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1014), arts. 1, 10

[^key-a1e2cf64e22e81b02366f3186a9e93e5]: Art. 12(b) omitted (26.4.1999) by virtue of The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1014), arts. 1, 11

[^key-249727a58973f0765ea39860b2890835]: Art. 8A heading substituted (1.6.2001) by The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/1387), arts. 1, 3(a)

[^key-5d0c73862e0a677d0e8ac5265c6cd0cc]: Art. 8A(1)(a) substituted (1.6.2001) by virtue of The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/1387), arts. 1, 3(b)

[^key-6a14e8ef97e6597821ae721abbb9115c]: Art. 8B inserted (15.10.2001) by The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment No. 2) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2685), arts. 1, 2

[^key-7a7114ec99237aa01c0b4c4928a5ef4c]: Art. 2(7A)(7B) inserted (1.4.2005) by The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/587), arts. 1, 3(b)

[^key-0e0b22395266b563b6f46f223c31d7d4]: Art. 2(1)(b) omitted (1.4.2005) by virtue of The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/587), arts. 1, 3(a)

[^key-2ba6c576ebaf57f90695d771730a1dae]: Art. 1A inserted (12.12.2008 for specified purposes, 1.1.2009 in so far as not already in force) by The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2934), art. 1(3)(4), 3

[^key-88a68d2e0b43ed600099237524fd402e]: Art. 4A substituted (6.4.2009) by The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/577), arts. 1(1), 2 (with art. 8)

[^key-f81a843f82e5e11f9d425f180bea1685]: Word in art. 9 heading omitted (6.4.2009) by virtue of The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/577), arts. 1(1), 6 (with art. 8)

[^key-39af3bbfc65fcfd507ee717a2f0ed2af]: Word in art. 9 heading substituted (6.4.2009) by The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/577), arts. 1(1), 6 (with art. 8)

[^key-398683ab1bc1edf98ece597f66e67e54]: Word in art. 9 omitted (6.4.2009) by virtue of The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/577), arts. 1(1), 7 (with art. 8)

[^key-c7608d48d3b5f32a33c7198402542c85]: Word in art. 8A(1)(a)(i) omitted (6.4.2009) by virtue of The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/577), arts. 1(1), 5(1)(a)

[^key-9836f8fe30a6492c22af28beed2dc2f1]: Art. 8A(1)(d) inserted (6.4.2009) by The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/577), arts. 1(1), 5(1)(e)

[^key-b36ca146e8c4fb41a10a531c596322b4]: Art. 8A(1)(a)(iii)-(v) inserted (6.4.2009) by The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/577), arts. 1(1), 5(1)(b)

[^key-b773ca42da35e6396cbf18d4a29c51d4]: Word in art. 8A(1)(b) omitted (6.4.2009) by virtue of The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/577), arts. 1(1), 5(1)(c)

[^key-b4efb5027d0a41dc17113ff8d453957d]: Art. 8A(1)(c) substituted (6.4.2009) by The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/577), arts. 1(1), 5(1)(d)

[^key-90a588d048b9855c444494cadd5328c2]: Words in art. 8A(2) omitted (6.4.2009) by virtue of The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/577), arts. 1(1), 5(2)

[^key-4f8e1f09bdf1bb31c5507de298178b96]: Words in art. 8A(3)(a) substituted (6.4.2009) by The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/577), arts. 1(1), 5(3)

[^key-e9debb35c9af161ca3275f71957e193b]: Art. 2(1)(h) revoked (6.4.2009) by The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2934), arts. 1(5), 4

[^key-033ccfb817c49c639fdb9e52499f206d]: Art. 8(2)(3) inserted (6.4.2009) by The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/577), arts. 1(1), 4

[^M_F_9e68342c-f393-45a6-a412-b751b435d246]: Word in art. 5(1) omitted (6.4.2009) by virtue of The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/577), arts. 1(1), 3 (with art. 8)

[^key-3188f148e58ea2bdc908e84495b14cc6]: Art. 1A(c) inserted (22.4.2014) by The High Court and County Court Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/821), arts. 1, 2(4)(c)

[^key-9b157067bd9c8a4b95cc8b6aefa76809]: Words in art. 4 heading omitted (22.4.2014) by virtue of The High Court and County Court Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/821), arts. 1, 2(6)(a)

[^key-d59ca9303ef62e618ae91884d7b5d054]: Words in art. 4 substituted (22.4.2014) by The High Court and County Court Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/821), arts. 1, 2(6)(b)

[^key-1d54ba4d8d8996785f936f5117f9d59b]: Words in art. 4 substituted (22.4.2014) by The High Court and County Court Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/821), arts. 1, 2(6)(c)

[^key-db2dc8e67612684335f504f6527c4ef5]: Art. 2(7B)(7C) substituted for art. 2(7B) (22.4.2014) by The High Court and County Court Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/821), arts. 1, 2(5)(c)

[^key-4539bab1e0cc314acc976b90938d067f]: Words in art. 2(1) omitted (22.4.2014) by virtue of The High Court and County Court Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/821), arts. 1, 2(5)(a)

[^key-81cd553019b63db37160585945077c3b]: Words in art. 2(7A) substituted (22.4.2014) by The High Court and County Court Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/821), arts. 1, 2(5)(b)

[^key-6e7994f184bd5d7c307c4145dcb1f072]: Art. 2(8) omitted (22.4.2014) by virtue of The High Court and County Court Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/821), arts. 1, 2(5)(d)

[^key-a0fe5bd0b8c8c648fa9b674058612f21]: Word in art. 8A(1) substituted (22.4.2014) by The High Court and County Court Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/821), arts. 1, 2(9)

[^M_F_2db0fd78-2e06-4158-d24b-f50dab80b34e]: Words in art. 4A substituted (22.4.2014) by The High Court and County Court Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/821), arts. 1, 2(7)(a)

[^M_F_63aad312-38a9-4e54-f1de-4206f375971c]: Sum in art. 4A substituted (22.4.2014) by The High Court and County Court Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/821), arts. 1, 2(7)(b)

[^key-74201e128d22eb0f06b3e47cb87af00c]: Words in Order substituted (22.4.2014) by The High Court and County Court Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/821), arts. 1, 2(3)(a)

[^key-2a4359d6f4fa7814b0950770cffe0ad0]: Words in Order substituted (22.4.2014) by The High Court and County Court Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/821), arts. 1, 2(3)(b)

[^key-556206dcc17fb2d80f401e18caeb9617]: Arts. 6C-6F inserted (22.4.2014) by The High Court and County Court Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/821), arts. 1, 2(8) (with art. 3)

[^key-ea1e769166d6e6b72ba985b63779ca5f]: Shoulder note substituted (22.4.2014) by The High Court and County Court Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/821), arts. 1, 2(10)(a)(i) (with art. 3)

[^key-e0225cf81116ab8051a550d2b5206307]: Words in Sch. Pt. 1 inserted (22.4.2014) by The High Court and County Court Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/821), arts. 1, 2(10)(a)(ii) (with art. 3)

[^key-833f2a5a73368c8cb39646f350947e18]: Words in Sch. Pt. 2 omitted (22.4.2014) by virtue of The High Court and County Court Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/821), arts. 1, 2(10)(b)

[^key-b44c78cffd1a82035e64f4d916468642]: Art. 2(6)(e) omitted (1.10.2015) by virtue of The Deregulation Act 2015 (Insolvency) (Consequential Amendments and Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1641), art. 3, Sch. 3 para. 3(2) (with art. 10)

[^key-95359e2054f96d8e7ce9a33db5682fc3]: Art. 1A(a)(b) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The European Enforcement Order, European Order for Payment and European Small Claims Procedure (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1311), regs. 1, 4(2) (with Pt. 5) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1493, regs. 1(1), 3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-443069751d3d6e873f174c6dcdffe551]: Art. 2(1)(q)(r) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The European Enforcement Order, European Order for Payment and European Small Claims Procedure (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1311), regs. 1, 4(3) (with Pt. 5) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1493, regs. 1(1), 3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-3a4d7cca1e6f769e888237ec2590b684]: Art. 6B omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The European Enforcement Order, European Order for Payment and European Small Claims Procedure (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1311), regs. 1, 4(4) (with Pt. 5) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1493, regs. 1(1), 3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-4c139d8c6425c1c538777a3fa0bdc6b6]: Art. 6G omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/479), regs. 1(1), 70 (with regs. 92-95) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1493, regs. 1(1), 5(2)-(5)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-ccc99e9343cbd1e3835c182cface8598]: Words in art. 8A(1)(a)(iv) substituted (31.5.2022) by The Civil Enforcement of Road Traffic Contraventions (Approved Devices, Charging Guidelines and General Provisions) (England) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/71), reg. 1(2), Sch. 4 para. 2

[^key-a43aedfe57629e2b20df48ecbe701494]: Words in art. 8A(1)(c)(ii) substituted (31.5.2022) by The Civil Enforcement of Road Traffic Contraventions (Representations and Appeals) (England) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/576), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 1(2)

6A

Applications under section 1 of the Access to Neighbouring Land Act 1992 shall be commenced in the County Court.

Enforcement of road traffic debts under the Road Traffic Act 1991

8A

• (1) Proceedings for the recovery of—

• (a) increased penalty charges provided for in charge certificates issued under—

• (i) paragraph 6 of Schedule 6 to the 1991 Act; ...

• (ii) paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 to the London Local Authorities Act 1996;

• (iii) regulation 17 of the Road User Charging (Enforcement and Adjudication) (London) Regulations 2001;

• (iv) regulation 21 of the Civil Enforcement of Road Traffic Contraventions (Approved Devices, Charging Guidelines and General Provisions) (England) Regulations 2022; and

• (v) regulation 13 of the Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (Penalty Charge Notices, Enforcement and Adjudication) (Wales) Regulations 2008;

• (b) amounts payable by a person other than a local authority under an adjudication of a parking adjudicator pursuant to section 73 of the 1991 Act; ...

• (c) amounts payable by a person other than a local authority under an adjudication pursuant to—

• (i) the Road User Charging (Enforcement and Adjudication) (London) Regulations 2001;

• (ii) the Civil Enforcement of Road Traffic Contraventions (Representations and Appeals) (England) Regulations 2022; and

• (iii) the Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (Representations and Appeals) (Wales) Regulations 2008; and

• (d) increased fixed penalties referred to in—

• (i) regulation 17(6) of the Road Traffic (Vehicle Emissions) (Fixed Penalty) (England) Regulations 2002; and

• (ii) regulation 17(6) of the Road Traffic (Vehicle Emissions) (Fixed Penalty) (Wales) Regulations 2003,

shall be taken in the County Court.

• (2) In this article, “the 1991 Act” means the Road Traffic Act 1991 ...

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

• (a) in England, a London borough council, the Common Council of the City of London, Transport for London, a county or district council or the Council of the Isles of Scilly; and

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

Definition of value of action

Crown proceedings—transitional provisions

Savings

4A

Except for proceedings to which article 5 applies, a claim for money in which the County Court has jurisdiction may only be commenced in the High Court if the value of the claim is more than £100,000.

Financial value of claim

Enforcement of traffic penalties

Enforcement of possession orders against trespassers

8B

• (1) A judgment or order of the County Court for possession of land made in a possession claim against trespassers may be enforced in the High Court or the County Court.

• (2) In this article “a possession claim against trespassers” has the same meaning as in Part 55 of the Civil Procedure Rules 1998.

Financial value of claim

Crown proceedings—transitional provisions

Savings

Interpretation

1A

In this Order—

• (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (c) “the London insolvency district” means the insolvency district designated by the London Insolvency District (County Court at Central London) Order 2014.

Jurisdiction

Injunctions

Allocation—Commencement of proceedings

Allocation—Trial

Enforcement

Enforcement of traffic penalties

Enforcement of possession orders against trespassers

Financial value of claim

Crown proceedings—transitional provisions

Savings

6B

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

... Value of claim

Allocation...

6C

Proceedings for the exercise of the jurisdiction to wind up a company registered in England and Wales may be commenced only in the High Court if the place which has longest been the company’s registered office during the 6 months immediately preceding the presentation of the petition for winding up is in the district that is the London insolvency district for the purposes of the second Group of Parts of the Insolvency Act 1986.

6D

Proceedings under section 1 of the Variation of Trusts Act 1958 may be commenced and taken only in the High Court.

6E

Proceedings under sections 98, 641(1)(b) and 645 to 651 of the Companies Act 2006 may be commenced and taken only in the High Court.

6F

The enactments listed in Part 1 of the Schedule to this Order are amended as specified therein, being amendments which are consequential on the amendments in articles 6C to 6E.

6G

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