
1 
These Rules may be cited as the County Court (Amendment No.2) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2011 and shall come into operation on 2nd May 2011.
2 
In these Rules, a reference to an Order, rule, Appendix or Form is a reference to that Order, rule, Appendix or Form so numbered in the County Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981.
3 
The County Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981 are amended as follows—
(1) In Order 26, rule 3(1) for “£2000” substitute “£3,000”.
(2) In Order 55, rule 19—
(a) in paragraph (1)(b) for “£2,000” substitute “£3,000”;
(b) in paragraph (2) for “£2,000” substitute “£3,000”.
(3) In Appendix 1, in Form 10A for “£2,000” substitute “£3,000”.
4 
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.
The undersigned members of the County Court Rules Committee certify these Rules and submit them to the Department of Justice.
T.A. Burgess
C E Philpott
Nigel McCombe
A E Wells
Dorcas Crawford
Barry Valentine
Dated 8th March 2011In 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 2nd May 2011.Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Justice on 11th March 2011
David Ford
Minister of Justice

