The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 1999

33.  In RSC Order 53–

(a) in rule 3–

(i) in paragraph (2) omit “without notice being served on any other party”;

(ii) after paragraph (2) insert–

“(2A) The documents referred to in paragraphs (2)(a) and (b) need not be served on any other person.”; and

(iii) in paragraph (3), omit “, and need not sit in public”; and

(b) in rule 5–

(i) for paragraph (2) substitute–

“(2) In any other such cause or matter, the application shall be made to a judge unless the Court directs that it shall be made to a Divisional Court of the Queen’s Bench Division.”; and

(ii) in paragraph (2A) omit “the issue of a”.