The County Court (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2022

Made: 20th September 2022

Coming into operation -: 3rd October 2022

The County Court Rules Committee makes and the Department of Justice, after consultation with the Lady Chief Justice, allows the following Rules in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 47 of the County Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1980[^f00001].

Citation and Commencement

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These Rules may be cited as the County Court (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2022 and shall come into operation on 3rd October 2022.

Amendments to the County Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981

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The County Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981[^f00002] are amended as follows—

• (1) In Order 26, rule 3(1) for “£3,000” substitute “£5,000”.

• (2) In Order 55, rule 19—

• (a) in paragraph (1)(b) for “£3,000” substitute “£5,000”;

• (b) in paragraph (2) for “£3,000” substitute “£5,000”.

• (3) In Appendix 1, in Form 10A for “£3,000” substitute “£5,000”.

Saving

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Nothing in these Rules shall affect any proceedings which are pending immediately before these Rules come into operation and the Rules in operation before that date shall continue to apply to those proceedings.

Signed

P Smyth HHJ — S Crawford HHJ — A Devlin HHJ — 2022-09-20

In exercise of the powers conferred by Article 47(4) of the County Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1980, I allow these Rules.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Justice on 29th September 2022

Naomi R Long — Minister 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 take account of the increase in the small claims court jurisdiction from £3,000 to £5,000.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 1980/397 (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. 2010/976).

[^f00002]: S.R. 1981 No. 225, to which the most recent relevant amendments were made by S.R. 2016 No. 302 and S.R. 2011 No. 100.

Editorial notes

[^key-3ad3459bfb2793d6f54b17fe6136b2c3]: Rule 1 in operation at 3.10.2022, see rule 1

[^key-157559aa82f37a5ab746a8c0ae9ab944]: Rule 2 in operation at 3.10.2022, see rule 1

[^key-b17bd196e346c31b19214ee95132285a]: Rule 3 in operation at 3.10.2022, see rule 1