The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 5) Rules 2001

Amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules 1998

12.  In Part 11—

(a) in rule 11(4), for paragraph (a), substitute—

“(a) be made within 14 days after filing an acknowledgment of service; and”;

(b) after rule 11(4), omit the cross-reference;

(c) in rule 11(5), for “for filing a defence” substitute “specified in paragraph (4)”;

(d) for rule 11(9) substitute—

“(9) If a defendant makes an application under this rule, he must file and serve his written evidence in support with the application notice, but he need not before the hearing of the application file—

(a) in a Part 7 claim, a defence; or

(b) in a Part 8 claim, any other written evidence.”; and

(e) omit rule 11(10).