The County Courts (Financial Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001

Made: 17th February 2001

To be laid before Parliament

Coming into operation in accordance with Article 1

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by Article 22(1) of the County Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1980[^f00001], after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice, hereby makes the following Order:—

Citation and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the County Courts (Financial Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation—

• (a) for the purpose of Article 3(a), on 5th September 2001; and

• (b) for the purpose of Article 3(b), on 19th March 2001.

Interpretation

2

In this Order, “the principal Order” means the County Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1980.

Increase of financial limits of civil jurisdiction of county courts

3

Article 30 of the principal Order, shall be amended as follows—

• (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (b) in paragraph (3) for the figure of “£1,000” there shall be substituted the figure of “£2,000”.

Revocation

4

The entry relating to Article 30(1) of the principal Order in the Schedule to the County Courts (Financial Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 1993[^f00002] and the entry relating to Article 30(3) of the principal Order in the Schedule to the County Courts (Financial Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 1992[^f00003] are hereby revoked.

Signed

Irvine of Lairg, C. — Dated 17th February 2001

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order.)

This Order increases the jurisdiction of district judges in the county courts in Northern Ireland—

• (a) from £3,000 to £5,000 in respect of defended actions; and

• (b) from £1,000 to £2,000 in respect of arbitrations (small claims).

Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 1980/397 (N.I. 3)

[^f00002]: S.R. 1993 No. 282

[^f00003]: S.R. 1992 No. 372

Editorial notes

[^key-2b3f2fea09202cda063cd9399d71364c]: Art. 1 in operation at 17.2.2001, see art. 1

[^key-3e2f0cb84c05a302d80a06f6775fb3d4]: Art. 2 in operation at 17.2.2001, see art. 1

[^key-50abd64d474f091ffc2e15016f83461b]: Art. 4 in operation at 17.2.2001, see art. 1

[^key-99225c86c921811ac871b15c4717cdb5]: Art. 3(b) in operation at 19.3.2001, see art. 1(b)

[^key-503727dfc52aede182af755a0a327987]: Art. 3(a) revoked (25.2.2013) by The County Courts (Financial Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 2013 (S.R. 2013/18), arts. 1, 4 (with art. 5)