1 County courts to be held for districts.E+W
(1)For the purposes of this Act, England and Wales shall be divided into districts, and a court shall be held under this Act for each district at one or more places in it; and [F1each court] shall have such jurisdiction and powers as are conferred by this Act and any other enactment for the time being in force.
(2)Every court so held shall be called a county court and shall be a court of record and shall have a seal.
(3)Nothing in this section affects the operation of section 42 of the M1Courts Act 1971 (City of London).
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 1(1) substituted (27.4.1997) by 1997 c. 12, s. 10, Sch. 2 para. 2(4); S.I. 1997/841, arts. 3(b), 4(d)
Marginal Citations