Civil Procedure Act 1997
Rules and directions
1 Civil Procedure Rules.
2APower to change certain requirements relating to Committee
2 Rule Committee.
3Section 2: supplementary.
3ARules to be made if required by Lord Chancellor
4 Power to make consequential amendments.
5 Practice directions.
Civil Justice Council
6 Civil Justice Council.
Court orders
7 Power of courts to make orders for preserving evidence, etc.
8 Disclosure etc. of documents before action begun.
General
9 Interpretation.
10 Minor and consequential amendments.
11 Short title, commencement and extent.
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1 Civil Procedure Rules
Matters dealt with by the former rules
1Among the matters which Civil Procedure Rules may be made...
Exercise of jurisdiction
2Civil Procedure Rules may provide for the exercise of the...
Removal of proceedings
3(1) Civil Procedure Rules may provide for the removal of...
Evidence
4Civil Procedure Rules may modify the rules of evidence as...
Application of other rules
5(1) Civil Procedure Rules may apply any rules of court...
Practice directions
6Civil Procedure Rules may, instead of providing for any matter,...
Different provision for different cases etc.
7The power to make Civil Procedure Rules includes power to...
SCHEDULE 2 Minor and consequential amendments
Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54)
1(1) The Supreme Court Act 1981 is amended as follows....
County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28)
2(1) The County Courts Act 1984 is amended as follows....
Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 (c. 42)
3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41)
4In section 120 of the Courts and Legal Services Act...

Civil Procedure Act 1997

1997 c. 12

An Act to amend the law about civil procedure in England and Wales; and for connected purposes.

Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—