The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 1999

40.  In RSC Order 79, in rule 9–

(a)in paragraph (4) for “judge sitting in private”, substitute “court”;

(b)in paragraphs (4) and (5), for “judge may, if he thinks fit,” in each case, substitute “court may”;

(c)in paragraph (6), for “judge sitting in private by whom an application for bail in criminal proceedings is heard”, substitute “court”;

(d)in paragraph (6B)–

(i)for “a judge sitting in private” substitute “the court”; and

(ii)for “the judge” substitute “it”;

(e)in paragraph (7)–

(i)for “a judge” substitute “the court”; and

(ii)for “the judge” substitute “the court”;

(f)in paragraph (10), omit “by the judge sitting in private”;

(g)in paragraph (11), for “a judge sitting in private or of a Crown Court” substitute “the High Court or the Crown Court”; and

(h)in paragraph (12), omit “by a judge sitting in private”.