Citation, commencement and interpretation

1. These Rules may be cited as the Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2012 and come into force on 19th March 2012.

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 ).

Amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules 1998

3. In Part 71, in rule 71.2(2), for subparagraph (b) substitute—

“ (b) must be issued in the court which made the judgment or order which it is sought to enforce, except that—

(i) if the proceedings have since been transferred to a different court, it must be issued in that court; or

(ii) subject to subparagraph (b)(i), if it is to enforce a judgment made in Northampton County Court in respect of a designated money claim, it must be issued in accordance with section 2 of Practice Direction 70. ” .

4. In Part 72, in rule 72.3(1), for subparagraph (b) substitute—

“ (b) must be issued in the court which made the judgment or order which it is sought to enforce, except that—

(i) if the proceedings have since been transferred to a different court, it must be issued in that court; or

(ii) subject to subparagraph (b)(i), if it is to enforce a judgment made in Northampton County Court in respect of a designated money claim, it must be issued in accordance with section 2 of Practice Direction 70. ” .

5. In Part 73, in rule 73.3(2)—

(a) in subparagraph (b), for “case” substitute “event”;

(b) in subparagraph (c)—

(i) for “case” substitute “event”; and

(ii) at the end, omit “or”;

(c) in subparagraph (d), at the end, for “.” substitute “; or”; and

(d) after subparagraph (d), insert—

“ (e) the application is to enforce a judgment made in Northampton County Court in respect of a designated money claim, in which event the application must be issued in accordance with section 2 of Practice Direction 70. ” .

6. In Schedule 2, in Order 27, in Rule 3—

(a) in paragraph (1), for “(2) and (3)” substitute “(2), (3) and (4)”;

(b) in paragraph (2)—

(i) for “If” substitute “Subject to paragraph (4), if”; and

(ii) for “he” substitute “the debtor”;

(c) in paragraph (3), for “Where” substitute “Subject to paragraph (4), where”; and

(d) after paragraph (3), insert—

“ (4) Where the judgment was made in Northampton County Court in respect of a designated money claim and the proceedings have not since been transferred to a different court, the application must be made in accordance with section 2 of Practice Direction 70. ” .