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(1)Where the High Court is satisfied that any proceedings before it are required by any provision of a kind mentioned in subsection (8) to be in a county court it shall–
(a)order the transfer of the proceedings to a county court; or
(b)if the court is satisfied that the person bringing the proceedings knew, or ought to have known, of that requirement, order that they be struck out.
(2)Subject to any such provision, the High Court may order the transfer of any proceedings before it to a county court.
(3)An order under this section may be made either on the motion of the High Court itself or on the application of any party to the proceedings.
(4)Proceedings transferred under this section shall be transferred to such county court as the High Court considers appropriate, having taken into account the convenience of the parties and that of any other persons likely to be affected and the state of business in the courts concerned.
(5)The transfer of any proceedings under this section shall not affect any right of appeal from the order directing the transfer.
(6)Where proceedings for the enforcement of any judgment or order of the High Court are transferred under this section–
(a)the judgment or order may be enforced as if it were a judgment or order of a county court; and
(b)subject to subsection (7), it shall be treated as a judgment or order of that court for all purposes.
(7)Where proceedings for the enforcement of any judgment or order of the High Court are transferred under this section—
(a)the powers of any court to set aside, correct, vary or quash a judgment or order of the High Court, and the enactments relating to appeals from such a judgment or order, shall continue to apply; and
(b)the powers of any court to set aside, correct, vary or quash a judgment or order of a county court, and the enactments relating to appeals from such a judgment or order, shall not apply.
(8)The provisions referred to in subsection (1) are any made–
(a)under section 1 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990; or
(b)by or under any other enactment.
(9)This section does not apply to family proceedings within the meaning of Part V of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 40 substituted (1.7.1991) by Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41, SIF 37), s. 2(1); S.I. 1991/1364, art. 2,Sch.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 40(2) restricted by S.I. 1991/724, art. 7(5)
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