Administration of Justice Act 1977

15 Limits on Admiralty and probate jurisdiction of county courts

(1) In section 56(2) of the [1959 c. 22.] County Courts Act 1959 (which limits a county court's jurisdiction in Admiralty matters)—

(a) for " one thousand pounds " there shall be substituted " £5,000 ", and

(b) for " three thousand five hundred pounds " there shall be substituted " £15,000 ".

(2) In section 60 of that Act (costs of certain Admiralty proceedings)—

(a) subsection (2) shall cease to have effect;

(b) in subsection (3)—

(i) after the word " ship", in the first place where it occurs, there shall be inserted the words " or any claim for salvage services, " , and

(ii) for " £100 " there shall be substituted " £350 ";

(c) in subsection (4), for " one thousand pounds" there shall be substituted " £5,000 "; and

(d) in subsection (5), for " (2) to" there shall be substituted œ(3) and ".

(3) In section 62(1) of that Act (jurisdiction of county courts in probate matters), for " one thousand pounds " there shall be substituted " £15,000 ".

(4) In section 192(2)(a) of that Act (financial limits which may be raised by Order in Council), for " 60(3)" there shall be substituted " 56(2), 60, 62(1), ".