The London Insolvency District (County Court at Central London) Order 2014

Statutory Instruments

2014 No. 818

County Court, England And Wales

The London Insolvency District (County Court at Central London) Order 2014

Made

31st March 2014

Laid before Parliament

1st April 2014

Coming into force

22nd April 2014

The Lord Chancellor makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 374 of the Insolvency Act 1986(1) with the concurrence of the Chancellor of the High Court nominated by the Lord Chief Justice under section 374(5).

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the London Insolvency District (County Court at Central London) Order 2014 and comes into force on 22nd April 2014.

Revocations and savings

2.  The London Insolvency District (Central London County Court) Order 2011(2) is revoked.

Insolvency Districts

3.  The London insolvency district comprises the areas served by the following hearing centres of the county court—

(a) Barnet,

(b) Bow,

(c) Brentford,

(d) The County Court at Central London,

(e) Clerkenwell and Shoreditch,

(f) Edmonton,

(g) Lambeth,

(h) Mayor’s and City of London Court,

(i) Wandsworth,

(j) West London, and

(k) Willesden.

Shailesh Vara

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Ministry of Justice

31st March 2014

I concur, by the authority of the Lord Chief Justice

Sir Terence Etherton

Chancellor of the High Court

31st March 2014

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order designates the area comprised in the London insolvency district for the purposes of Parts 7A to 11 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (c.45) (“the Act”) which concern the insolvency of individuals. The London insolvency district was previously defined by reference to the areas situated within the districts of the County Courts of the same name by the London Insolvency District (Central London County Court) Order 2011 (SI 2011/761). That Order is revoked by article 2. The new designation is as a result of section 17 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c.22) which amends the County Courts Act 1984 (c.28) to establish a single County Court for England and Wales in place of the county courts which exercised jurisdiction in their districts.

Section 373 of the Act (as amended by the Crime and Courts Act 2013) provides that jurisdiction in respect of Parts 7A to 11 is exercised by the High Court or the Central London County Court in respect of proceedings which are allocate to the London insolvency district and by the County Court in respect of proceedings which are allocated to any other insolvency district.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen. An Explanatory Memorandum is published alongside this instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk.

(1)

1986 c.45. Section 374 was amended by paragraphs 185 and 187 of Schedule 4 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c.4) and by paragraph 93(g) of Schedule 9 to the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c.22).

(2)

SI 2011/761.