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Statutory Instruments

2006 No. 3132 (L. 13)

supreme court of england and wales

county courts, england and wales

The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.2) Rules 2006

Made

23rd November 2006

Laid before Parliament

27th November 2006

Coming into force

18th December 2006

The Civil Procedure Rule Committee, having power under section 2 of the Civil Procedure Act 1997(1) to make rules of court under section 1 of that Act, after consulting in accordance with section 2(6)(a) of that Act, make the following Rules—

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.  These Rules may be cited as the Civil Procedure (Amendment No.2) Rules 2006 and shall come into force on 18th December 2006.

2.  In these Rules a reference to a Part or rule by number alone means the Part or rule so numbered in the Civil Procedure Rules 1998(2).

Amendment to the Civil Procedure Rules 1998

3.  In rule 5.4C—

(a)after rule 5.4C(1), insert—

(1A) Where a non-party seeks to obtain a copy of a statement of case filed before 2nd October 2006—

(a)this rule does not apply; and

(b)the rules of court relating to access by a non-party to statements of case in force immediately before 2nd October 2006 apply as if they had not been revoked.

(The rules relating to access by a non-party to statements of case in force immediately before 2nd October 2006 were contained in the former rule 5.4(5) to 5.4(9). The Practice Direction to this Part sets out the relevant provisions as they applied to statements of case.).; and

(b)in rule 5.4C(4), in each place where it appears, for “that statement of case” substitute “a statement of case”.

Sir Anthony Clarke, M.R.

John Dyson, L.J.

Rupert Jackson, J.

Michael Briggs, J.

Stephen Oliver-Jones

Steven Whitaker

District Judge Robert Hill

Richard Walford

Philip Rainey

David di Mambro

J.E. Herzog

I allow these Rules

Falconer of Thoroton, C.

23rd November 2006

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Rules)

These rules amend rule 5.4C of the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 (S.I.1998/3132) to make provision about statements of case filed at court before 2nd October 2006.

The amendments come into force on 18th December 2006.

(2)

S.I. 1998/3132. There are relevant amendments in S.I. 2006/1689.