The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2008

Made: 11th November 2008

Laid before Parliament: 13th November 2008

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 , after consulting in accordance with section 1(9) of that Act, makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

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• (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.

Interpretation

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In this Order—

• (a) “the 1991 Order” means the High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction Order 1991 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 ; 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 .

Amendments to the 1991 Order

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Revoke article 2(1)(h).

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In article 4, for “and 6A”, substitute “ , 6A and 6B ”.

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Signed

Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor

Bridget Prentice — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — 2008-11-11

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1990 c.41.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1991/724.

[^f00003]: OJ No. L399, 30.12.2006 at p.1.

[^f00004]: OJ No. L199 31.07.2007 at p.1.

Editorial notes

[^c19489401]: 1990 c.41.

[^c19489411]: S.I. 1991/724.

[^c19489421]: OJ No. L399, 30.12.2006 at p.1.

[^c19489431]: OJ No. L199 31.07.2007 at p.1.

[^key-00f437a39af2e0d893298e4831c759c2]: Art. 3 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, 5(2) (with Pt. 5) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1493, regs. 1(1), 3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-408f3ffc5551c91d29a242e5e2a278e5]: Art. 5 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, 5(2) (with Pt. 5) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1493, regs. 1(1), 3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^M_F_a24a173d-885e-47a8-f6a8-306412fe1b9f]: Art. 7 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, 5(2) (with Pt. 5) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1493, regs. 1(1), 3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)