SCHEDULE 3 Monetary Limits of County Court Jurisdiction
Part I The County Court Limit
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Part II Amendents of enactments specifying monetary limits
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The words “the county court limit”
shall be substituted for every reference to a sum of money in the enactments specified in paragraph 3 below.
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The enactments mentioned in paragraph 2 above are—
(a)
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(b)
the following provisions of other Acts—
(i)
in the M1Settled Land Act 1925, section 113(3);
(ii)
in the M2Consumer Credit Act 1974, section 139(5) (re-opening of extortionate credit agreements);
(iii)
in the M3Solicitors Act 1974, section 69(3) (actions for solicitors’ costs);
(iv)
in the M4Charging Orders Act 1979, section 1(2)(c).
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The following subsection shall be inserted—
(a)
after section 113(3) of the Settled Land Act 1925, as section 113(3A);
(b)
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(c)
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“In the preceding subsection “the county court limit” means the county court limit for the time being specified by an Order in Council under section 192 of the County Courts Act 1959 as the county court limit for the purposes of that subsection.”.
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In section 1(2) of the M5Charging Orders Act 1979, after the word “section”, in the first place where it occurs, there shall be inserted the words “
“county court limit”
means the county court limit for the time being specified in an Order in Council under section 192 of the County Courts Act 1959, as the county court limit for the purposes of this section and
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Part III Power to raise County Court limit
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Part IV Highways
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(1)
Sums recoverable under section 59 of the M6Highways Act 1980 (expenses due to extraordinary traffic) shall be recoverable in the county court F6 . . .
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