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20 Removal and transfer of proceedings. U.K.

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(2)F2... all rules of law and enactments relating to the removal or transfer of proceedings from [F3the county court] to the High Court, or the transfer of proceedings from the High Court to [F3the county court] , shall apply in relation to proceedings against the Crown:

[F4Provided that:—

(a)an order for the transfer to [F3the county court] of any proceedings against the Crown in the High Court shall not be made without the consent of the Crown; and

(b)the duty of a judge to make an order [F5under section forty-four of the M1County Courts Act 1959], for the transfer to the High Court of proceedings commenced against the Crown in [F3the county court] shall not be conditional upon the giving of security by the Crown.]

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F3Words in Act substituted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 9 para. 20(a); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)

F4In S. 20(2), proviso repealed (E.W) by Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54,SIF 37),s. 152(4), Sch. 7

F5Words substituted by virtue of Interpretation Act 1889 (c. 63), s. 38(1)

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