
2001 No. 67
COUNTY COURTS
The County Courts (Financial Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001
Made 17th February 2001
To be laid before Parliament 
Coming into operation in accordance with Article 1
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by Article 22(1) of the County Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1980, after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice, hereby makes the following Order:—
Citation and commencement
1 
This Order may be cited as the County Courts (Financial Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation—
(a) for the purpose of Article 3(a), on 5th September 2001; and
(b) for the purpose of Article 3(b), on 19th March 2001.
Interpretation
2 
In this Order, “the principal Order” means the County Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1980.
Increase of financial limits of civil jurisdiction of county courts
3 
Article 30 of the principal Order, shall be amended as follows—
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) in paragraph (3) for the figure of “£1,000” there shall be substituted the figure of “£2,000”.
Revocation
4 
The entry relating to Article 30(1) of the principal Order in the Schedule to the County Courts (Financial Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 1993 and the entry relating to Article 30(3) of the principal Order in the Schedule to the County Courts (Financial Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 1992 are hereby revoked.
Irvine of Lairg, C.
Dated 17th February 2001