Statutory Instruments
2015 No. 877 (L. 11)
Senior Courts Of England And Wales
County Court, England And Wales
The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2015
Made
25th March 2015
Laid before Parliament
26th March 2015
Coming into force
17th April 2015
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1. These Rules may be cited as the Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2015.
2. These Rules come into force on 17th April 2015.
3. 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( 3 ).
Amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules 1998
4. The Civil Procedure Rules 1998 are amended in accordance with rules 5 to 9.
5. In rule 76.29(1)(a), after “special advocate” insert “or to the form in which it is proposed to be made”.
6. In rule 79.21(1), after “proposed communication by the special advocate” insert “or to the form in which it is proposed to be made”.
7. In rule 80.25(1)(a), after “special advocate” insert “or to the form in which it is proposed to be made”.
8. In rule 82.14(1)(b), after “the special advocate” insert “or to the form in which it is proposed to be made”.
9. In Part 88—
(a) in rule 88.2(2), for “in a way which would be damaging to the interests of national security” substitute “contrary to the public interest”;
(b) in rule 88.9(1), for “will” substitute “must”;
(c) in rule 88.24(2), for “relevant person” substitute “Secretary of State”; and
(d) in rule 88.28—
(i) in paragraph (1)(a), after “special advocate” insert “or to the form in which it is proposed to be made”;
(ii) in paragraph (3)(a), omit “the relevant person or”; and
(iii) in paragraph (6)(a), for “relevant person” substitute “Secretary of State”.
The Right Honourable Lord Dyson, MR
Stephen Richards, LJ
Mr Justice Birss
Mr Justice Coulson
Master Roberts
His Honour Judge Martin McKenna
District Judge Michael Hovington
Edward Pepperall QC
Richard Viney
Andrew Underwood
Kate Wellington
I allow these Rules
Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor
Edward Faulks
Minister of State
Ministry of Justice
25th March 2015
1997 c.12 . Section 2(1) was substituted by the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c.4) , section 15 and Schedule 4, Part 1. Section 1(3) was substituted by section 82(1) of the Courts Act 2003 (c.39) and further amended by the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, sections 15 and 146 and Schedule 4, Part 1, paragraphs 261 and 262 and Schedule 18. Section 1(1) was amended by the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c.22) , section 17(5) and Schedule 9, Part 3, paragraph 67(a).
S.I. 1998/3132 , to which there are relevant amendments in S.I. 2005/656 , S.I. 2008/3085 , S.I. 2011/2970 , S.I. 2011/1571 and S.I. 2015/406 .