The Civil Procedure Rules 1998

[F1Scope and interpretationE+W

54.1—(1) [F2This Section of this Part] contains rules about judicial review.

(2) [F3In this Section]—

(a)a “claim for judicial review” means a claim to review the lawfulness of—

(i)an enactment; or

(ii)a decision, action or failure to act in relation to the exercise of a public function.

F4(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F5(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F6(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(e)“the judicial review procedure” means the Part 8 procedure as modified by [F7this Section];

(f)“interested party” means any person (other than the claimant and defendant) who is directly affected by the claim; and

(g)“court” means the High Court, unless otherwise stated.

(Rule 8.1(6)(b) provides that a rule or practice direction may, in relation to a specified type of proceedings, disapply or modify any of the rules set out in Part 8 as they apply to those proceedings)]

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