Money paid into court may be treated as a Part 36 paymentE+W
37.2—(1) Where a defendant makes a payment into court following an order made under rule 3.1(3) or 3.1(5) he may choose to treat the whole or any part of the money paid into court as a Part 36 payment.
(Rule 36.2 defines a Part 36 payment)
(2) To do this he must file a Part 36 payment notice.
(Rule 36.6 sets out what a Part 36 payment notice must contain and provides for the court to serve it on the other parties)
(3) If he does so Part 36 applies to the money as if he had paid it into court as a Part 36 payment.