The Civil Procedure Rules 1998

Application of the Rules E+W

2.1—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), these Rules apply to all proceedings in—

(a) county courts;

(b) the High Court; and

(c) the Civil Division of the Court of Appeal.

(2) These Rules do not apply to proceedings of the kinds specified in the first column of the following Table (proceedings for which rules may be made under the enactments specified in the second column) except to the extent that they are applied to those proceedings by another enactment—

Proceedings	Enactments
1.  Insolvency proceedings E+W	Insolvency Act 1986(1), ss.411 and 412
2.  Non-contentious or common form probate proceedings E+W	Supreme Court Act 1981(2), s.127
3.  Proceedings in the High Court when acting as a Prize Court E+W	Prize Courts Act 1894(3), s.3
4.  Proceedings before the judge within the meaning of Part VII of the Mental Health Act 1983(4) E+W	Mental Health Act 1983, s.106
5.  Family proceedings E+W	Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984(5), s.40
[F1 6.   Adoption proceedings] E+W	[F2 Adoption Act 1976, s.66]
[F3 7.   Election petitions in the High Court] E+W	[F4 Representation of the People Act 1983, s.182]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in rule 2.1 Table inserted (26.4.1999) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 1999 (S.I. 1999/1008), rules 1, 3(a)

F2 Words in rule 2.1 Table inserted (26.4.1999) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 1999 (S.I. 1999/1008), rules 1, 3(b)

F3 Words in rule 2.1 Table inserted (2.6.2003) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2003 (S.I. 2003/1242), rules 1, 3(a)

F4 Words in rule 2.1 Table inserted (2.6.2003) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2003 (S.I. 2003/1242), rules 1, 3(b)

Commencement Information

I1 Rule 2.1 in force at 26.4.1999, see Signature

(1)

1986 c. 45.

(2)

1981 c. 54.

(3)

1894 c. 39.

(4)

1983 c. 20.

(5)

1984 c. 42. Section 40 was amended by the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41), Schedule 18, paragraph 50.