PART 2APPLICATION AND INTERPRETATION OF THE RULES

Application of the Rules2.1

(1)

Subject to paragraph (2), these Rules apply to all proceedings in—

(a)

county courts;

(b)

the High Court; and

(c)

the Civil Division of the Court of Appeal.

(2)

These Rules do not apply to proceedings of the kinds specified in the first column of the following Table (proceedings for which rules may be made under the enactments specified in the second column) except to the extent that they are applied to those proceedings by another enactment—

Proceedings

Enactments

1.

Insolvency proceedings

Insolvency Act 19862, ss.411 and 412

2.

Non-contentious or common form probate proceedings

Supreme Court Act 19813, s.127

3.

Proceedings in the High Court when acting as a Prize Court

Prize Courts Act 18944, s.3

4.

Proceedings before the judge within the meaning of Part VII of the Mental Health Act 19835

Mental Health Act 1983, s.106

5.

Family proceedings

Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 19846, s.40

F16.

Adoption proceedings

F2Adoption Act 1976, s.66

F37.

Election petitions in the High Court

F4Representation of the People Act 1983, s.182