The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2019

Amendment of Part 61

10.  In rule 61.1, in paragraph (2)—

(a) after sub-paragraph (b), insert—

“(ba) “the Admiralty Judge” means the judge in charge of the Admiralty Court and any other judge authorised to sit in the Admiralty Court;

(bb) “the Admiralty Registrar” means the holder of the office of this name listed in column 1 of Part II of Schedule 2 to the Senior Courts Act 1981(1) or any person who is authorised to exercise the powers of this office in accordance with s.91(1) of the Act(2);

(bc) “claim in personam” means an admiralty claim, other than a claim in rem, brought in accordance with section 21(1) of the Senior Courts Act 1981;”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (c), after “admiralty action in rem”, insert “brought in accordance with section 21(2) to (5) of the Senior Courts Act 1981;”;

(c) in sub-paragraph (k), after the semi-colon, omit “and”; and

(d) in sub-paragraph (l), for “Queen’s Bench Master with responsibility for Admiralty claims,” substitute “Admiralty Registrar; and”.

(1)

1981 c. 54. Part 2 of Schedule II was substituted, subject to transitional provisions specified in S.I. 2008/1653, article 3, by the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), Schedule 10(1), paragraph 13(3), to which there are other amendments not relevant to these Rules.

(2)

Section 91(1) was amended by the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), Schedule 4(1), paragraphs 139(2)(c), Schedule 11 (4), paragraph 26(2) and Schedule 18(2), paragraph 1, the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007, Part 2, section 57(2)(b) and the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), Schedule 13(4), paragraph 35(2)(a) and (b), which have effect as S.I. 2013/2200 and subject to transitional and savings provisions in section 15 and Schedule 8 of the 2013 Act and S.I. 2013/2192, articles 48 and 49.