§ [No. 48]
§ Schedule 2, page 39, line 40, at end insert—
§ "THE COUNTY COURTS ACT 1959 (c. 22)
§ In section 42 of the County Courts Act 1959 (jurisdiction by agreement in certain actions) for the words "Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division" substitute the words "Family Division or have involved the exercise of the High Court's Admiralty jurisdiction".
§ At the end of section 54(2) of the said Act of 1959 (transfer of equity proceedings from High Court to county court) insert the words "other than a matter in relation to which section 63 of this Act applies".
§ In section 62(1) of the said Act of 1959 (probate jurisdiction) and section 63 thereof (transfer of probate proceedings from High Court to county court) for the words "principal probate registry", in each place where they occur, substitute the words "principal registry of the Family Division".
§ In section 64 of the said Act 1959 (effect of order of judge in probate proceedings), in paragraph (a), after the word "principal" insert the words "registry of the Family Division" and, in paragraph (b), for the words "principal probate registry" substitute the words "principal registry of the Family Division"."
§ THE LORD CHANCELLORMy Lords, I beg to move that this House doth agree with the Commons in their Amendment No. 48. This Amendment is designed to cure a minor omission in Schedule 2, which makes the necessary Amendments to the various Acts affected by the provisions of Clause 1 for the re-organisation of the Divisions of the High Court. The omission lies in the failure to include certain provisions of the 1032 County Courts Act 1959 which also need minor consequential Amendments. I beg to move.
§ Moved, That this House doth agree with the Commons in the said Amendment.—(The Lord Chancellor.)
§ On Question, Motion agreed to.