Statutory Instrument 2001 No. 2717

The Civil Procedure (Modification of Enactments) Order 2001

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2001 No. 2717

SUPREME COURT OF ENGLAND AND WALES COUNTY COURTS, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Civil Procedure (Modification of Enactments) Order 2001

	Made	24th July 2001
	Laid before Parliament	27th July 2001
	Coming into force	15th October 2001

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the power conferred upon him by section 4(1) of the Civil Procedure Act 1997[1], makes the following Order:

    1.This Order may be cited as the Civil Procedure (Modification of Enactments) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 15th October 2001.

    2.The amendment set out in this Order shall have effect.

    3.In section 25(1) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1927[2] for "prescribed by County Court Rules, except that in relation to proceedings before the High Court, it means prescribed by rules of the Supreme Court" substitute "prescribed by rules of court or by a practice direction".

Irvine of Lairg,
C.

Dated 24th July 2001

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the interpretation of "prescribed" in section 25 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1927 so as to permit rules of court or a practice direction to prescribe the manner in which -

a claim is made under sections 1(1) or 8(1) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1927; and

an application is made or a certification given under section 3(1) of that Act.

Notes:

[1] 1997 c. 12.back

[2] 1927 c. 36 (17 & 18 Geo. 5).back

ISBN 0 11 029802 0

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