The Civil Courts (Amendment) Order 1993 No. 1809 (L. 15)

Statutory Instruments

1993 No. 1809 (L.15)

MATRIMONIAL CAUSES

JURISDICTION

The Civil Courts (Amendment) Order 1993

Made

19th July 1993

Coming into force

1st September 1993

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 33(1) of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984(1), hereby makes the following Order—

1.  This Order may be cited as the Civil Courts (Amendment) Order 1993 and shall come into force on 1st September 1993.

2.—(1) For the purposes of section 33(1) of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984, the Morpeth County Court shall be a divorce county court.

(2) The amendment set out in the Schedule to this Order shall be made to the Civil Courts Order 1983(2).

Mackay of Clashfern, C

19th July 1993

SCHEDULE CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENT

The Civil Courts Order 1983 shall be amended as follows—

In Schedule 3, against the entry relating to Morpeth there shall be inserted in Column 2—

Divorce

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Civil Courts Order 1983 by designating Morpeth County Court as a divorce county court.

(1)

1984 c. 42.

(2)

S.I. 1983/713.