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49Rules of court
(1)Rules of court made by the Lord Chief Justice with the approval of the Lord Chancellor may provide for regulating the procedure and practice to be followed in the Appeal Court and for any other matters which by this Act are expressed to be subjects for rules of court.
(2)Rules of court made for the purposes of any provision of this Act may make different provision in relation to different classes of cases and may provide, for any incidental or supplementary matters for which it appears to the Lord chief Justice to be necessary or expedient for the purposes of that provision to provide.
(3)The power under this section to make rules of court shall be exercisable by statutory instrument, and the [1946 c. 36.] Statutory Instruments Act 1946 shall apply to a statutory instrument containing rules of court made under this section in like manner as if the rules had been made by a Minister of the Crown.
(4)A statutory instrument containing rules of court made under this section shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
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