Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.  This Order may be cited as the Civil Courts (Amendment No. 4) Order 1994 and shall come into force on 5th December 1994, except for article 5(a) which shall come into force on 9th January 1995.

2.  In this Order, “the 1983 Order” means the Civil Courts Order 1983(4), and a reference to a Schedule by number means the Schedule so numbered in that Order.

Amendments to the 1983 Order

3.  The 1983 Order shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this Order.

4.  In Schedule 1—

(a)in the entry relating to Birkenhead, the words “Ellesmere Port” shall be deleted;

(b)in the entry relating to Carmarthen, the word “Lampeter” shall be deleted;

(c)in the entry relating to Plymouth, the word “Launceston” shall be deleted;

(d)in the entry relating to Salisbury, the word “Shaftesbury” shall be deleted; and

(e)in the entry relating to Yeovil, the words “Axminster and Chard” shall be deleted.

5.  In Schedule 3—

(a)the entry relating to Amersham shall be deleted(5); and

(b)the entries relating to Axminster, Ellesmere Port, Lampeter, Launceston and Shaftesbury shall be deleted.

6.  In Schedule 4—

(a)the entry relating to Axminster shall be omitted; and

(b)the existing entries numbered 3 to 14 shall be renumbered 2 to 13 respectively.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Civil Courts Order 1983 so as to close the county courts at Amersham, Axminster, Ellesmere Port, Lampeter, Launceston and Shaftesbury.