1.—(1) These Rules may be cited as the Rules of the Supreme Court (Amendment) 1973 and shall come into operation on 1st October 1973.

(2) In these Rules an Order referred to by number means the Order so numbered in the Rules of the Supreme Court 1965(1), as amended(2).

(3) The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply to the interpretation of these Rules as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.

(1)

(1965 III, p. 4995).

(2)

The relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1966/1514, 1967/829 (1966 III, p. 4196; 1967 II, p. 2476).