The County Court (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2020

Made: 10th January 2020

Coming into operation: 2nd March 2020

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, commencement and interpretation

1

These Rules may be cited as the County Court (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2020 and shall come into operation on 2nd March 2020.

2

In these rules a reference to an Order, rule or paragraph is a reference to that Order, rule or paragraph so numbered in the County Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981[^f00002].

Amendments to the County Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981

3

The County Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981 are amended as follows—

• (1) In Appendix 2, Part IX (Miscellaneous Costs) for the heading “INTERLOCUTORY APPLICATIONS” substitute—

Signed

David K McFarland — Sandra Crawford — Alistair F Devlin — Colin Mitchell — Ruth Collins

Dated 6th January 2020

In the exercise of the power conferred by Article 47(4) of the County Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1980, the Department of Justice allows these Rules.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Justice on 10th January 2020

Peter May — A senior officer of the Department of Justice

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 insert a new heading in Appendix 2, Part IX; Interlocutory Applications.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 1980 No. 397 (N.I. 3); Article 47 was amended by the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4) and paragraph 33 of Schedule 17 to, and paragraph 118 of Schedule 18 to, the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010 No.976).

[^f00002]: S.R. 1981 No. 225, to which the most recent relevant amendments were made by S.R. 2017 No. 19.