These Rules come into force on the same day as the majority of the Human Rights Act 1998. They add to the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 rules governing the procedure for an application under section 4 of that Act for a declaration of incompatibility, and for a claim under section 7(1)(a) that a public authority has acted in a way incompatible with a Convention right.
Amendments to Civil Procedure Rules 199821
After rule 52.1(2), omit the words from “(Rules 27.12” to “small claims track))”.