The County Court (Amendment No. 2) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2009

Made: 27th April 2009

Coming into operation: 18th May 2009

The County Court Rules Committee makes the following Rules in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 47 of the County Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1980[^f00001].

Citation and commencement

1

These Rules may be cited as the County Court (Amendment No. 2) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2009 and shall come into operation on 18th May 2009.

Amendments

2

In the Arrangement of Orders in the County Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981[^f00002] (“the principal Rules”), at the entry for Order 27, insert “European Small Claims Procedure”.

3

In Order 1, rule 1(1) of the principal Rules, after “Order 26 Rule 29,” insert “Order 27, Rule 8,”.

4

In Order 26, rule 46 of the principal Rules, for “Table 3” substitute “Table 2”.

5

After Order 26 of the principal Rules, insert the new Order 27 set out in Schedule 1.

6

In Appendix 1 to the principal Rules, after Form 125, insert the new Form 126 set out in Schedule 2.

SCHEDULE 1

SCHEDULE 2

Signed

The undersigned members of the County Court Rules Committee certify these Rules and submit them to the Lord Chancellor.

T.A. Burgess — Philip Babington — C.E. Philpott — Brian J. Stewart — Dorcas Crawford — Dated 3rd April 2009

In exercise of the powers conferred by Article 47(4) of the County Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1980 and after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice, I allow these Rules which shall come into operation on 18th May 2009.

Signed by the authority of the Lord Chancellor

Bridget Prentice — Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State — Ministry of Justice — Dated 27th April 2009

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Rules)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Rules amend the County Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981 [S.R. 1981 No. 225] to make provision for procedures under the European small claims procedure under Regulation (EC) No 861/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 July 2007 establishing a European small claims procedure.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 1980/397 (N.I. 3) to which the most recent relevant amendments were made by the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4).

[^f00002]: S.R. 1981 No.225 to which the most recent amendments were made by S.R. 2009 No.19.

[^f00003]: No. L 199, 31.07.07