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Courts and Legal Services Act 1990

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16County court rules

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

(2)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”.

(3)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.

Rules made by virtue of this subsection applying any provisions may apply them as amended from time to time.”

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