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Section 16: County court rules.

Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 · 1990 c. 41View on legislation.gov.uk

This provision is repealed
It is retained for historical reference and may not reflect the law currently in force.

Part I: Procedure etc. in Civil Courts

REPEALED on 2004-07-22 by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004.

The text below is the provision as originally enacted. It is historical and may not include amendments made before this status change. View the enacted source.

Section 75 of the County Courts Act 1984 (county court rules) is amended as follows.

In subsection (3), the following paragraph shall be substituted for paragraph (d)—

(d)prescribing cases in which— (i) any jurisdiction of a county court is to be exercised by a district judge of a county court or by some other officer of the court; (ii) any functions of a judge of a county court are to be discharged by a district judge of a county court or some other officer of the court; (iii) any functions of a district judge of a county court are to be discharged by some other officer of the court; (iv) any such jurisdiction may be so exercised or any such functions may be so discharged; or

The following subsection shall be inserted after subsection (6)—

(6A)County court rules may— (a) to any extent (and with or without modification) apply any rules of court, or other provision— (i) made by or under any enactment; and (ii) relating to the practice or procedure of any other court, to the practice or procedure of county courts; and (b) amend or repeal any statutory provision relating to the practice or procedure of county courts so far as may be necessary in consequence of any provision made by the rules.

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