The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2002

Amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules 1998

12.  In Part 34—

(a) for the title, substitute “WITNESSES, DEPOSITIONS AND EVIDENCE FOR FOREIGN COURTS”;

(b) at the end of the list of contents, insert the text as set out in Part I of Schedule 2 to these Rules;

(c) for rule 34.1, substitute—

“I WITNESSES AND DEPOSITIONS

Scope of this Section

34.1— (1) This Section of this Part provides—

(a) for the circumstances in which a person may be required to attend court to give evidence or produce a document; and

(b) for a party to obtain evidence before a hearing to be used at the hearing.

(2) In this Section, reference to a hearing includes a reference to the trial.”;

(d) after rule 34.15—

(i) omit the cross-reference; and

(ii) insert Section II (Evidence for foreign courts) as set out in Part II of Schedule 2 to these Rules.