The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 1996
This Order amends the High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction Order 1991 (“the 1991 Order”) so as to:—provide for county courts to have jurisdiction in proceedings under sections 13 and 14 of the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 (article 2);change the value limit (from £2,000 to £1,000) for enforcement by execution against goods, above which judgment debts may be transferred from a county court to the High Court (article 3); andmake consequential amendments to Article 8A of the 1991 Order, following the extension to areas outside London of the scheme under the Road Traffic Act 1991 for the enforcement of certain road traffic debts through county courts and to provide for those proceedings to be taken in Northampton County Court (instead of Cardiff County Court) (article 4).