Amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules 1998
22. In CCR Order 39—
(a)in the table of contents to the Order, in the entry for rule 1, omit “by district judge”;
(b)in rule 1—
(i)in the heading to the rule, omit “by district judge”; and
(ii)for “the district judge”, substitute “a judge of the County Court”;
(c)in rule 2—
(i)in paragraph (1), for “in the court for the district in which he” substitute “at the County Court hearing centre which serves the address where the debtor”;
(ii)in paragraph (2)—
(aa)omit “his” in each place;
(bb)for “which he owes” substitute “owed”; and
(cc)before “resources and needs” insert “the debtor’s”;
(d)in rule 5—
(i)in paragraph (2), for “he” substitute “the court officer”
(ii)in paragraph (2)(a)—
(aa)for “him” in the first place it appears, substitute “the debtor”;
(bb)omit “he may have”; and
(cc)for “notification upon him” substitute “that notification”;
(iii)in paragraph (2)(c)—
(aa)for “he” substitute “the creditor”; and
(bb)for “him” substitute “the creditor”;
(iv)in paragraph (4), for “district judge” substitute “court”;
(v)in paragraph (5)—
(aa)for “he”, in the first place it appears, substitute “the court officer”; and
(bb)for the words “he shall refer” to the end substitute “the request shall be referred to the court”;
(vi)in paragraph (6)—
(aa)for “district judge considers that he is” substitute “the court considers that it is”;
(bb)omit “he may fix”; and
(cc)before “in full or to such” insert “may be fixed”; and
(vii)in paragraph (8)—
(aa)for “district judge”, in each place, substitute “court”; and
(bb)for “he shall” substitute “it will”;
(e)in rule 6—
(i)in paragraph (1)—
(aa)for “his” substitute “that”; and
(bb)for “he objects” substitute “the objection is made”; and
(ii)in paragraph (2), for “he has given notice of his” substitute “that creditor has given notice of the”;
(f)in rule 7—
(i)in paragraph (a)—
(aa)omit “he is”; and
(bb)for “his” omit “their”; and
(ii)in paragraph (c), for “his” substitute “that”;
(g)in rule 9—
(i)in paragraph (c), for “his” substitute “their”; and
(ii)in paragraph (d) for “district judge” substitute “court”;
(h)in rule 10—
(i)in paragraph (1), for “his” substitute “that”; and
(ii)in paragraph (3), for “his” substitute “the creditor”;
(i)in rule 11—
(i)in paragraph (1)—
(aa)for “he” substitute “that creditor”;
(bb)for “his”, in the first place it appears, substitute “that”; and
(cc)for “his”, in the second place it appears, substitute “the”; and
(ii)in paragraph (2), for “he objects” substitute “they object”;
(j)in rule 13A—
(i)in paragraph (1)—
(aa)for “his”, in the first place it appears, substitute “the court officer’s”;
(bb)in subparagraphs (a) and (b), for “him”, in each place, substitute “the debtor”; and
(cc)in subparagraph (b)(ii), for “his” substitute “the”;
(ii)in paragraph (3)—
(aa)for the words “The court officer shall refer” to “district judge who may” substitute “If a debtor gives notice under paragraph (1)(b)(ii), (iii) or (iv), the court may—”; and
(bb)in subparagraph (a)(ii), for “he” substitute “it”;
(iii)in paragraph (4)—
(aa)for “him” substitute “them”;
(bb)for “his” substitute “their”;
(cc)for “district judge”, in the first place it appears, substitute “court”; and
(dd)omit “before the district judge”; and
(iv)in paragraph (5)—
(aa)for “district judge” substitute “court”; and
(bb)for “he” substitute “it”; and
(k)in rule 19(1)—
(i)omit “his” in the first place it appears; and
(ii)for “his”, in the second place it appears, substitute “their”.