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3. The principal Rules shall be amended as follows—
(1) in the Arrangement of Orders, after the entry relating to Order 93, insert the following new entry—
“93A. Presumption of Death Act (Northern Ireland) 2009”;
(2) in Order 1—
(a)after rule 10(i), insert—
“(j)proceedings under the Presumption of Death Act (Northern Ireland) 2009.”;
(b)after rule 11(l), insert—
“(m)appeals under rule 15 or 17B of the Legal Aid for Crown Court Proceedings (Costs) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2005(1).”;
(3) in Order 7—
(a)in rule 2(1), for “or 9”, substitute “, 9 or 9A”;
(b)in rule 2(2), after “Order 90”, insert “, Order 93A”;
(4) in Order 18—
(a)in rule 2, in paragraphs (1) and (2) for “21 days” substitute “6 weeks”;
(b)after rule 15 insert—
15A.—(1) In his defence the defendant must state—
(a)which of the allegations in the particulars of the statement of claim he denies;
(b)which of the allegations he is unable to admit or deny but which he requires the plaintiff to prove;
(c)which of the allegations he admits.
(2) Where the defendant denies liability the defence shall be so pleaded that it raises the defendant’s case with sufficient clarity that the opposite party is made aware of the true nature of the defendant’s case and, where appropriate, the defence shall put forward the defendant’s version of relevant facts or events if that version is materially different from the plaintiff’s version as pleaded in the statement of claim.
(3) Where the claim includes a money claim, a defendant shall be taken to require that any allegation relating to the amount of money clamed be proved unless he expressly admits the allegation.”;
(5) in Order 23, rule 1—
(a)at the end of paragraph (d), insert “or”; and
(b)after paragraph (d), insert—
“(e)that the plaintiff is a company or other body (whether incorporated inside or outside Northern Ireland) and there is reason to believe that it will be unable to pay the defendant’s costs if ordered to do so,”;
(6) after Order 93, insert new Order 93A as set out in Schedule 1 to these Rules;
(7) in Appendix A—
(a)in Forms Nos. 2 and 5, for “21 days” substitute “6 weeks”;
(b)after Form No. 9, insert new Form No. 9A as set out in Schedule 2 to these Rules;
(c)after Form No. 75, insert new Forms Nos. 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81 and 82 as set out in Schedule 2 to these Rules.
S.R. 2005 No. 112; as amended by S.R. 2009 No. 267.
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