The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 1999

73.  In CCR Order 49–

(a) in paragraph (7) of rule 1, omit “and may, if the court thinks fit, be dealt with in private”;

(b) in rule 6–

(i) in sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (7), insert at the beginning of the sub-paragraph “the first written tenancy agreement and”;

(ii) in paragraph (9) for “paragraphs (c) and (d) of Order 3, rule 6 (mode of service)”, substitute “paragraphs (8) and (9) of Order 3, rule 6 (commencement of proceedings)”.

(c) in rule 6A–

(i) for sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (7), substitute–

“(i) the first written tenancy agreement and the current (or most recent) written tenancy agreement;”; and

(ii) in paragraph (11) for “paragraphs (c) and (d) of Order 3, rule 6 (mode of service)”, substitute “paragraphs (8) and (9) of Order 3, rule 6 (commencement of proceedings)”;

(d) in paragraph (4) of rule 6B, before the word “affidavit”, where it first appears, insert “witness statement or”;

(e) in rule 13, omit paragraph (3); and

(f) omit rule 18.