The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2012

• Citation: S.I. 2012/505
• Sections: 6

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

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

Section 2 Citation, commencement and interpretation

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 .

Section 3 Amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules 1998

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.

Section 4 Amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules 1998

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.

Section 5 Amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules 1998

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.

Section 6 Amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules 1998

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.