The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 1999

40.  In RSC Order 79, in rule 9–

(a) in paragraph (4) for “judge sitting in private”, substitute “court”;

(b) in paragraphs (4) and (5), for “judge may, if he thinks fit,” in each case, substitute “court may”;

(c) in paragraph (6), for “judge sitting in private by whom an application for bail in criminal proceedings is heard”, substitute “court”;

(d) in paragraph (6B)–

(i) for “a judge sitting in private” substitute “the court”; and

(ii) for “the judge” substitute “it”;

(e) in paragraph (7)–

(i) for “a judge” substitute “the court”; and

(ii) for “the judge” substitute “the court”;

(f) in paragraph (10), omit “by the judge sitting in private”;

(g) in paragraph (11), for “a judge sitting in private or of a Crown Court” substitute “the High Court or the Crown Court”; and

(h) in paragraph (12), omit “by a judge sitting in private”.