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These effects are included in this view as they may be (but won’t necessarily be) relevant to the specific provision that you are viewing.Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Act (including any effects on those provisions):s. 2(1)(b) word substituted by S.I. 2015/1885 art. 2s. 2(7) inserted by 2013 c. 22 Sch. 13 para. 13(4)s. 4(7) inserted by 2013 c. 22 Sch. 13 para. 14(4)s. 8(1A) inserted by 2011 c. 18 Sch. 2 para. 1(4)s. 8(4) inserted by 2011 c. 18 Sch. 2 para. 1(6)s. 9(1ZA)(1ZB) inserted by 2013 c. 22 Sch. 14 para. 1(5)s. 9(2CA) inserted by 2013 c. 22 Sch. 13 para. 52s. 9(8A)(8B) inserted by 2013 c. 22 Sch. 14 para. 2(3)s. 10(6A) inserted by 2013 c. 22 Sch. 13 para. 88s. 31(2A)(2B) applied by 2007 c. 15 s. 15(5A)(5B) (as inserted) by 2015 c. 2 s. 84(4)s. 31(2A)(2B) applied by 2007 c. 15 s. 16(6A) (as inserted) by 2015 c. 2 s. 84(6)s. 31(2A)-(2C) inserted by 2015 c. 2 s. 84(1)s. 31(3)(a) word inserted by 2015 c. 2 s. 85(1)(a)s. 31(3)(b) and word inserted by 2015 c. 2 s. 85(1)(b)s. 31(3A)(3B) inserted by 2015 c. 2 s. 85(2)s. 31(3C)-(3F) inserted by 2015 c. 2 s. 84(2)s. 31(8) inserted by 2015 c. 2 s. 84(3)s. 33(3) inserted by 2013 c. 22 Sch. 10 para. 55s. 34(5) inserted by 2013 c. 22 Sch. 10 para. 56s. 37(6) inserted by 2013 c. 22 Sch. 10 para. 58s. 51(1)(ba) inserted by 2013 c. 22 Sch. 10 para. 61(2)s. 51(7A) inserted by 2015 c. 2 s. 67(2)s. 51(12A) inserted by 2015 c. 2 s. 67(3)s. 69(3A) (3B) inserted by 2013 c. 18 Sch. 2 para. 8(3)s. 69(6) inserted by 2013 c. 18 Sch. 2 para. 8(5)s. 70(5) inserted by 2013 c. 22 Sch. 10 para. 62s. 84(10) inserted by S.I. 2012/2398 Sch. 1 para. 2(4)s. 91(6A)-(6D) inserted by 2013 c. 22 Sch. 13 para. 35(4)s. 102(5ZA)-(5ZE) inserted by 2013 c. 22 Sch. 13 para. 36(4)Sch. 1 para. 2(bc) inserted by 2010 c. 38 s. 28(1)Sch. 1 para. 2(bd) inserted by 2011 c. 23 Sch. 7 para. 1(b)Sch. 1 para. 2(be) inserted by 2015 c. 6 s. 15(1)Sch. 1 para. 3(ha) inserted by 2015 c. 9 Sch. 4 para. 5Sch. 1 para. 3(f)(vi) inserted by S.I. 2010/1898 Sch. para. 2 (This amendment comes into force on the date on which the 1996 Hague Convention on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Co-Operation in respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children enters into force in relation to the United Kingdom, see reg. 1(2). The Convention entered into force on 1.11.2012 as notified in the Gazettes)Sch. 1 para. 3(aa) inserted by S.I. 2014/3257 art. 4(b)Sch. 1 para. 3(l) inserted by S.I. 2014/3298 reg. 3(3)Sch. 1 para. 3(ec) inserted by S.I. 2016/413 reg. 34Commencement Orders yet to be applied to the Senior Courts Act 1981Commencement OrdersThis section lists the commencement orders yet to be applied to the whole Act. These effects are included in this view as they may be (but won’t necessarily be) relevant to the specific provision that you are viewing. Where applicable the commencement orders are listed under two headings, firstly those that bring some part of the Act you are viewing into force and secondly, those that bring into force legislation that affects some part of the legislation you are viewing. If you are viewing a prospective version or there is a prospective version available there may be commencement orders listed here that are relevant to the provision you are viewing.Commencement Orders bringing legislation that affects this Act into force:S.I. 2010/145 art. 2 Sch. commences (2009 c. 25)S.I. 2010/708 art. 1-14 commences (2008 c. 14)S.I. 2010/987 art. 2	commences (2008 c. 22)S.I. 2010/1621 art. 2 Sch. commences (S.I. 2010/231)S.I. 2010/2582 art. 2 Sch. 1 commences (2010 nawm 1)S.I. 2011/1741 art. 2 commences (2009 c. 11) PowersE+W+S+N.I.32 Orders for interim payment.E+W(1)As regards proceedings pending in the High Court, provision may be made by rules of court for enabling the court, in such circumstances as may be prescribed, to make an order requiring a party to the proceedings to make an interim payment of such amount as may be specified in the order, with provision for the payment to be made to such other party to the proceedings as may be so specified or, if the order so provides, by paying it into court.
[F132A Orders for provisional damages for personal injuries. E+W(1)This section applies to an action for damages for personal injuries in which there is proved or admitted to be a chance that at some definite or indefinite time in the future the injured person will, as a result of the act or omission which gave rise to the cause of action, develop some serious disease or suffer some serious deterioration in his physical or mental condition.
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F1S. 32A inserted by Administration of Justice Act 1982 (c. 53, SIF 37), ss. 6(1), 73(2)Modifications etc. (not altering text)C1S. 32A amended by Administration of Justice Act 1982 (c. 53, SIF 37), ss. 6(3), 73(2)[F233 Powers of High Court exercisable before commencement of action.E+W(1)On the application of any person in accordance with rules of court, the High Court shall, in such circumstances as may be specified in the rules, have power to make an order providing for any one or more of the following matters, that is to say—
F3(2)On the application, in accordance with rules of court, of a person who appears to the High Court to be likely to be a party to subsequent proceedings in that court F4. . . the High Court shall, in such circumstances as may be specified in the rules, have power to order a person who appears to the court to be likely to be a party to the proceedings and to be likely to have or to have had in his possession, custody or power any documents which are relevant to an issue arising or likely to arise out of that claim—
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F2S. 33 repealed so far as it relates to county courts by County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28, SIF 34), s. 148(3), Sch. 4F3Power to amend conferred on s. 33(2) (27.4.1997) by 1997 c. 12, s. 8(1); S.I.1997/841, art. 3(a)F4Words in s. 33(2) omitted (26.4.1999) by virtue of S.I. 1998/2940, arts. 1, 5(a); S.I. 1998/3132Modifications etc. (not altering text)C2S.33 extended by SI 1988/593, art. 4(2)C3S.33 extended (temp. for a period of 12 months beginning with 22.3.90: SI 1990/675; and for a further period of 12 months beginning with 22.3.1991: SI 1991/549, 779) by Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989 (c. 4, SIF 39:2), s. 13(8), Sch. 4 para. 9(6)S. 33 extended (prosp.) by 2000 c. 11, ss. 23, 128, Sch. 4 para. 13(6)(b)S. 33 extended (17.4.2001) by S.I. 2001/953, art. 4(2)S. 33 extended (13.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3927, art. 12[F534 Power of High Court to order disclosure of documents, inspection of property etc. in proceedings for personal injuries or death.E+WF6(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2)On the application, in accordance with rules of court, of a party to any proceedings [F7to which this section applies], the High Court shall, in such circumstances as may be specified in the rules, have power to order a person who is not a party to the proceedings and who appears to the court to be likely to have in his possession, custody or power any documents which are relevant to an issue arising out of the said claim—
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(5)In sections [F932A,] 33 and 34 and this section—
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Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F10S. 35A inserted by Administration of Justice Act 1982 (c. 53, SIF 37), s. 15(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I36 Subpoena issued by High Court to run throughout United Kingdom.E+W+S+N.I.(1)If in any cause or matter in the High Court it appears to the court that it is proper to compel the personal attendance at any trial of a witness who may not be within the jurisdiction of the court, it shall be lawful for the court, if in the discretion of the court it seems fit so to do, to order that a writ of subpoena ad testificandum or writ of subpoena duces tecum shall issue in special form commanding the witness to attend the trial wherever he shall be within the United Kingdom; and the service of any such writ in any part of the United Kingdom shall be as valid and effectual for all purposes as if it had been served within the jurisdiction of the High Court.
(4)No court shall in any case proceed against or punish any person for having made such default as aforesaid unless it is shown to the court that a reasonable and sufficient sum of money to defray [F11(a)the expenses of coming and attending to give evidence and of returning from giving evidence; and
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Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Marginal CitationsM11979 c, 53. M21972 c. 61. 38 Relief against forfeiture for non-payment of rent.E+W(1)In any action in the High Court for the forfeiture of a lease for non-payment of rent, the court shall have power to grant relief against forfeiture in a summary manner, and may do so subject to the same terms and conditions as to the payment of rent, costs or otherwise as could have been imposed by it in such an action immediately before the commencement of this Act.
40 Attachment of debts.E+W(1)Subject to any order for the time being in force under subsection (4), this section applies to [F12any deposit account, and any withdrawable share account, with a deposit-taker]
(b)excluding from the accounts to which this section applies all accounts with any particular [F13deposit-taker] so specified or with any [F13deposit-taker] of a description so specified.
[F14(6)“Deposit-taker” means a person who may, in the course of his business, lawfully accept deposits in the United Kingdom.]
[F15(7)Subsection (6) must be read with—
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(1A)In subsection (1) “the relevant debt or debts”, in relation to an [F18interim third party debt order] served on [F22a deposit-taker], means the amount, as at the time the order is served on [F23it], of the debt or debts of which the whole or a part is expressed to be attached by the order.
(2)[F24An amount may not in pursuance of subsection (1)] be deducted or, as the case may be, retained in a case where, by virtue of [F25section 346 of the Insolvency Act M3 1986] or [F26section][F27183 of the Insolvency Act 1986] or otherwise, the creditor is not entitled to retain the benefit of the attachment.
[F28“deposit-taker” has the given by section 40(6);] and
(a)may make different provision for different cases; . . . F29
[F30(c)may provide for this section not to apply to [F31deposit-takers] of any prescribed description.]
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[F32(2A)Subsection (2) does not apply with respect to a child who is the subject of a care order (as defined by section 105 of the Children Act 1989).]
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(a)instituted vexatious [F33civil] proceedings, whether in the High Court or any inferior court, and whether against the same person or against different persons; or
(b)made vexatious applications in any [F33civil] proceedings, whether in the High Court or any inferior court, and whether instituted by him or another, [F34or
the court may, after hearing that person or giving him an opportunity of being heard, [F35make a civil proceedings order, a criminal proceedings order or an all proceedings order.]
[F36(1A)In this section—
(3)Leave for the institution or continuance of, or for the making of an application in, any [F37civil] proceedings by a person who is the subject of an order for the time being in force under subsection (1) shall not be given unless the High Court is satisfied that the proceedings or application are not an abuse of the process of the court in question and that there are reasonable grounds for the proceedings or application.
[F38(3A)Leave for the laying of an information or for an application for leave to prefer a bill of indictment by a person who is the subject of an order for the time being in force under subsection (1) shall not be given unless the High Court is satisfied that the institution of the prosecution is not an abuse of the criminal process and that there are reasonable grounds for the institution of the prosecution by the applicant.]
(4)No appeal shall lie from a decision of the High Court refusing leave [F39required by virtue of this section].
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F33Word substituted by Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (c. 23, SIF 39:1), s. 24(2)(a)F34S. 42(1)(c) and word “or” preceding it inserted by Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (c. 23, SIF 39:1), s.24(2)(b)F35Words substituted by Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (c. 23, SIF 39:1), s. 24(2)(c)F36S. 42(1A) inserted by Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (c. 23, SIF 39:1), s. 24(3)F37Word substituted by Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (c. 23, SIF 39:1), s. 24(4)F38S. 42(3A) inserted by Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (c. 23, SIF 39), s. 24(5)F39Words substituted by Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (c. 23, SIF 39:1), s. 24(6)Modifications etc. (not altering text)C10S. 42 amended by Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (c. 23, SIF 39:1), s.24(7)43 Power of High Court to vary sentence on [F40application for quashing order].E+W(1)Where a person who has been sentenced for an offence—
applies to the High Court in accordance with section 31 for an [F41a quashing order] to remove the proceedings of the magistrates’ court or the Crown Court into the High Court, then, if the High Court determines that the magistrates’ court or the Crown Court had no power to pass the sentence, the High Court may, instead of quashing the conviction, amend it by substituting for the sentence passed any sentence which the magistrates’ court or, in a case within paragraph (b), the Crown Court had power to impose.
(2)Any sentence passed by the High Court by virtue of this section in substitution for the sentence passed in the proceedings of the magistrates’ court or the Crown Court shall, unless the High Court otherwise directs, begin to run from the time when it would have begun to run if passed in those proceedings; but in computing the term of the sentence, any time during which the offender was released on bail in pursuance of section 37(1)(d) of the M4Criminal Justice Act 1948 shall be disregarded.
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Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F42S. 43ZA inserted (27.9.1999) by 1999 c. 22, ss. 62, 108(3)(b) (with Sch. 14 para. 7(2))[F4343A Specific powers of arbitrator exercisable by High Court.E+WIn any cause or matter proceeding in the High Court in connection with any contract incorporating an arbitration agreement which confers specific powers upon the arbitrator, the High Court may, if all parties to the agreement agree, exercise any such powers.]
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