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This Order amends the Civil Courts Order 1983 so as to—
(1) close the district registry of the High Court at Bangor (article 3);
(2) establish a district registry of the High Court at Llangefni (article 4);
(3) make consequential amendments to the definitions of the districts of district registries of the High Court which were previously defined by reference to county courts which have been closed (article 5);
(4) close the Bangor, Porthmadog and Stroud County Courts (article 6);
(5) give admiralty jurisdiction and insolvency jurisdiction to the Caernarfon County Court (article 6(2));
(6) give insolvency jurisdiction to the Llangefni County Court (article 6(4));
(7) attach the districts of the Colwyn Bay and Llangefni County Courts to the Caernarfon County Court for the purposes of admiralty jurisdiction (article 6(3) and (4)(a));
(8) assign the district of the Colwyn Bay County Court to the Caernarfon County Court for the purposes of insolvency jurisdiction (article 6(3)).
The Order also contains transitional provisions relating to admirality and individual insolvency proceedings commenced in county courts closed by this Order (article 7).
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