2 County court districts etc.E+W
(1)The Lord Chancellor may [F1, after consulting the Lord Chief Justice,] by order specify places at which county courts are to be held and the name by which the court held at any place so specified is to be known.
(2)Any order under this section shall be made by statutory instrument, which shall be laid before Parliament after being made.
(3)The districts for which county courts are to be held shall be determined in accordance with directions given [F2, after consulting the Lord Chief Justice,] by or on behalf of the Lord Chancellor.
(4)Subject to any alterations made by virtue of this section, county courts shall continue to be held for the districts and at the places and by the names appointed at the commencement of this Act.
[F3(5)The Lord Chief Justice may nominate a judicial office holder (as defined in section 109(4) of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005) to exercise his functions under subsection (1) or (3).]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 2(1) inserted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15(1), 148(1), Sch. 4 para. 161(2); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 11(r)
F2Words in s. 2(3) inserted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15(1), 148(1), Sch. 4 para. 161(3); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 11(r)
F3S. 2(5) inserted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15(1), 148(1), Sch. 4 para. 161(4); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 11(r)