Rules of the Supreme Court (Amendment No. 2) 1966
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1966/1055 |
| Year | 1966 |
1966 No. 1055 (L.8)
SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE, ENGLANDPROCEDURE
The Rules of the Supreme Court (Amendment No. 2) 1966
Made 15th August 1966
Laid before Parliament 22th August 1966
Coming into Operation 1st October 1966
We, the Rule Committee of the Supreme Court, being the authority having for the time being power under section 99(4) of the Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925 to make, amend or revoke rules regulating the practice and procedure of the Supreme Court of Judicature, hereby exercise those powers and all other powers enabling us in that behalf as follows:—
1. The Rules of the Supreme Court 19651, as amended2, shall be further amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Rules.
2. In Order 15 the following paragraph shall be added at the end of rule 8:—
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5 The foregoing provisions of this rule shall apply in relation to an action begun by originating summons as they apply in relation to an action begun by writ.
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3. In Order 25, rule 1(2), the word shall be omitted at the end of subparagraph (g) and inserted at the end of sub-paragraph (h) and the following sub-paragraph shall be added:—
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(i)
(i) actions ordered to be tried as Admiralty short causes.
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4. Order 75 shall be amended as follows:—
(1) In rule 25(1) after the words there shall be inserted the words .
(2) Paragraphs (1) and (2) of rule 31 shall stand as paragraphs (6) and (7) respectively of rule 30 and in paragraph (7) as so re-numbered for the words there shall be substituted the words .
(3) The following rule shall be inserted after rule 30:—
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Trial as an Admiralty short cause
31.—(1) Where any defendant has entered an appearance in an Admiralty action, the plaintiff or that defendant may, within 7 days after the entry of the appearance, apply by summons, returnable before the registrar or district registrar, as the case may be, for an order that the action be tried as an Admiralty short cause.
(2) The summons shall be served on every other party to the action not less than 7 days before the hearing.
(3) On the hearing of the application the registrar may, if he decides to make an order under paragraph (1),—
(a)
(a) exercise any power which could be exercised under Order 18, rule 21, or Order 75, rule 18(4), on an application for the...
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