The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.3) Rules 2013
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2013/789 |
| Year | 2013 |
2013 No. 789 (L. 7)
Senior Courts Of England And Wales County Courts, England And Wales
The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.3) Rules 2013
Made 2nd April 2013
Laid before Parliament 4th April 2013
Coming into force 30th April 2013
The Civil Procedure Rule Committee, having power under section 2 of the Civil Procedure Act 19971to make rules of court under section 1 of that Act, after consulting in accordance with section 2(6)(a) of that Act, makes the following Rules:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These Rules may be cited as the Civil Procedure (Amendment No.3) Rules 2013 and come into force on 30th April 2013.
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 19982.
Amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules 1998
3. In Part 45, in rule 45.18—
(a) in paragraph (5)(b), for “practices” substitute “practises”; and
(b) in Table 6, in the right hand column—
(i) for “400” substitute “200”; and
(ii) for “800” substitute “300”.
Transitional Provision
4. The amendments made by rule 3(b) apply only to a claim where the Claim Notification Form is sent in accordance with the Pre-Action Protocol for Low Value Personal Injury Claims in Road Traffic Accidents on or after 30th April 2013.
The Right Honourable Lord Dyson, MR
Stephen Richards, LJ
Peter Coulson, J
Philip Sales, J
Master Barbara Fontaine
District Judge Suzanne Burn
District Judge Christopher Lethem
Nicholas Bacon QC
William Featherby QC
Katy Peters
Qasim Nawaz
Amanda Stevens
Tim Lett
Damian Green
Minister of State
Ministry of Justice
2nd April 2013
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
These Rules amend Part 45 of the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 ( SI 1998/3132), as amended by the Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2013 ( SI 2013/262).
In particular, these Rules amend rule 45.18, which, in Table 6, prescribes the fixed costs which may be recovered by a legally represented claimant in respect of the Stage 1 and Stage 2 procedures under the Pre-Action Protocol for Low Value Personal Injury Claims in Road Traffic Accidents...
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