Commencement and citation

1.  This Order may be cited as the Civil Courts (Amendment No. 2) Order 2016 and shall come into force for the purposes-

(a)of the amendment made by article 2(2)(a)(i), on 28th November 2016;

(b)of the amendment made by article 2(2)(a)(ii), on 9th December 2016;

(c)of the amendment made by article 2(2)(a)(iii), on 13th January 2017;

(d)of the amendment made by article 2(2)(a)(iv), on 30th January 2017;

(e)of the amendments made by article 2(2)(b), on 28th November 2016; and

(f)of the amendment made by article 2(2)(c), on 31st March 2017.

Amendments to the 2014 Order

2.-(1) The Civil Courts Order 2014(2) is amended as follows.

(2) In the Schedule-

(a)omit the following places specified in the first column;

(i)Halifax;

(ii)Tunbridge Wells;

(iii)Scunthorpe; and

(iv)Hartlepool;

(b)on the date that this Order comes into force for the purposes of each of the amendments in paragraphs (i) to (iv) respectively, omit the County Court hearing centres named in the second column corresponding to those places listed in sub-paragraph (a); and

(c)in the second column, omit the reference to the Reigate County Court hearing centre.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Civil Courts Order 2014 (SI 2014/819), which specifies the locations and names of the district registries of the High Court in England and Wales.

The amendments-

• remove references to those places which are served by district registries which will close on the respective dates that these amendments come into force;

• remove references to those corresponding County Court hearing centres which determine the district served by a district registry and which will also close on the above mentioned dates; and

• remove the reference to the Reigate County Court hearing centre which will close on the date that the relevant amendment comes into force.