The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 1999

73.  In CCR Order 49–

(a)in paragraph (7) of rule 1, omit “and may, if the court thinks fit, be dealt with in private”;

(b)in rule 6–

(i)in sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (7), insert at the beginning of the sub-paragraph “the first written tenancy agreement and”;

(ii)in paragraph (9) for “paragraphs (c) and (d) of Order 3, rule 6 (mode of service)”, substitute “paragraphs (8) and (9) of Order 3, rule 6 (commencement of proceedings)”.

(c)in rule 6A–

(i)for sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (7), substitute–

(i)the first written tenancy agreement and the current (or most recent) written tenancy agreement;; and

(ii)in paragraph (11) for “paragraphs (c) and (d) of Order 3, rule 6 (mode of service)”, substitute “paragraphs (8) and (9) of Order 3, rule 6 (commencement of proceedings)”;

(d)in paragraph (4) of rule 6B, before the word “affidavit”, where it first appears, insert “witness statement or”;

(e)in rule 13, omit paragraph (3); and

(f)omit rule 18.