Statutory Instruments
2020 No. 889 (L. 20)
Senior Courts Of England And Wales
County Court, England And Wales
The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 5) (Coronavirus) Rules 2020
Made
21st August 2020
Coming into force
22nd August 2020
Laid before Parliament
24th August 2020
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, and having fulfilled the requirements of section 2(6) of that Act, makes the following Rules.
Citation and Commencement
Amendment of the Procedure Rules 1998
2. In Part 55 of the Civil Procedure Rules 1998( 2 ), in rule 55.29, in paragraph (1)—
(a) for “22nd August 2020”, substitute “19 September 2020”; and
(b) for “23rd August 2020”, substitute “20 September 2020”.
Amendment of the Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2020
3. The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2020( 3 ) are amended as follows—
(a) in rule 1, in paragraph (3), for “23rd August 2020”, substitute “20th September 2020”; and
(b) in rule 2, in paragraph (2), for “24th August 2020”, substitute “21st September 2020”.
The Right Honourable Sir Terence Etherton, MR
Mr Justice Birrs
Mr Justice Kerr
His Honour Judge Jarman QC
Richard Viney
Dr Anja Lansbergen-Mills
Brett Dixon
David Marshall
Lizzie Iron
I allow these Rules
Robert Buckland
Lord Chancellor
Ministry of Justice
21st August 2020
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, 146, Schedule 4 Part 1 and Schedule 18, Part 2.
S.I. 1998/3132 . Part 55 was inserted by S.I. 2001/256 . Rule 55.29 was inserted by S.I. 2020/582 . Part 55 was further amended by S.I. 2020/751 . There are other amending instruments but none is relevant.