SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 9Single county court in England and Wales
Part 1Amendments of the County Courts Act 1984
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1
Section 13 (officers of court not to act as solicitors in that court) is amended as follows.
2
In subsection (1) (officer of a county court and officer's firm not to be engaged as representative in any proceedings in that court, subject to exception in subsection (4) for deputy district judges)—
a
for the words from the beginning to “be” substitute—
A fee-paid part-time judge of the county court may not act as a judge of the court in relation to any proceedings in the court in which—
a
the judge,
b
a partner or employer of the judge,
c
a body of which the judge is a member or officer, or
d
a body of whose governing body the judge is a member,
is
b
omit “in any proceedings in that court”.
3
Omit subsection (3) (which refers to a provision previously repealed).
4
Omit subsection (4) (provision about deputy district judges which is incorporated in the amended subsection (1)).