The High Court and County Courts (Allocation of Arbitration Proceedings) (Amendment) Order 1999

Made: 25th March 1999

Laid before Parliament: 30th March 1999

Coming into force: 26th April 1999

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 105(3) of the Arbitration Act 1996¹, makes the following Order.

1

This Order may be cited as the High Court and County Courts (Allocation of Arbitration Proceedings) (Amendment) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 26th April 1999.

2

For paragraph (5) of article 5 of the High Court and County Courts (Allocation of Arbitration Proceedings) Order 1996², substitute:–

(5) The value of any claim or counterclaim shall be calculated in accordance with rule 16.3(6) of the Civil Procedure Rules 1998³.

Signed

Irvine of Lairg, C. — Dated 25th March 1999

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the High Court and County Court (Allocation of Arbitration Proceedings) Order 1996 to take account of the implementation of the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 on 26th April 1999. The effect of the amendments is:

• To delete reference to the Central London County Court Business List as being established under County Court Rules (it is now provided for by practice direction).

• To delete the requirement that “value” be construed in accordance with Articles 9 and 10 of the High Court and County Court Jurisdiction Order 1991 (which will be revoked as from 26th April 1999) and substituting a reference to the method of calculating the value of a claim under the Civil Procedure Rules.

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