1.—(1) These Rules may be cited as the Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2008.
(2) Except as provided in paragraphs (3) and (4), these Rules come into force on 1st October 2008.
(3) Rules 6(a), 7 and 38 of these Rules and Schedule 2 to these Rules come into force—
(a)in so far as they relate to European orders for payment made under Regulation (EC) No 1896/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 creating a European order for payment procedure(1), on 12th December 2008; and
(b)in so far as they relate to the European small claims procedure under Regulation (EC) No 861/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 July 2007 establishing a European small claims procedure(2), on 1st January 2009.
(4) Rules 37(b), (c) and (d) of these Rules come into force on 12th December 2008.
OJ No. L399, 30.12.2006, p.1.
OJ No. L199, 31.7.2007, p.1.