The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2014

Amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules 1998

15.  In Part 30—

(a) in the table of contents to this Part, in the entry for rule 30.2, for “between county courts and within” substitute “within the County Court and”;

(b) in rule 30.1, in paragraph (1), for “between county courts” substitute “within the County Court”;

(c) in rule 30.2—

(i) in the heading to the rule, for “between county courts and within” substitute “within the County Court and”;

(ii) in paragraph (1)—

(aa) for “A county court may order proceedings before that court” substitute “In the County Court, a court may order that proceedings”;

(bb) for “to be”, substitute “may be”;

(cc) for “county court” substitute “County Court hearing centre”; and

(dd) in the words which follow immediately below subparagraph (b)(ii), for “in that other county court” substitute “elsewhere”;

(iii) omit paragraph (2);

(iv) in paragraph (3)—

(aa) omit “or (2)”; and

(bb) for “county court” substitute “County Court hearing centre”; and

(v) in paragraph (7), for the words from “in a particular County Court” to the end, substitute “by sending, or making, the claim or application to a particular County Court hearing centre, paragraph (1) does not give the court power to order proceedings to be transferred elsewhere.”;

(d) in rule 30.3—

(i) in paragraph (1), in subparagraph (b), for “between county courts” substitute “within the County Court”; and

(ii) in paragraph (3), for “before a county court” substitute “in the County Court”;

(e) in rule 30.4, for the words from “the court from which they will be transferred” to “notice of the”, substitute “it will give notice of that”;

(f) in rule 30.6, for “county court” substitute “County Court hearing centre”; and

(g) in rule 30.7—

(i) after “to another court” insert “or County Court hearing centre”; and

(ii) after “if that court” insert “or hearing centre”.