The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2009

Amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules 1998

This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

11.  In rule 55.10—

(a)for paragraph (2) substitute—

(2) Within 5 days of receiving notification of the date of the hearing by the court, the claimant must send a notice to—

(a)the property, addressed to “the tenant or the occupier”; and

(b)the housing department of the local authority within which the property is located.;

(b)in paragraph (3), for “paragraph (2)” substitute “paragraph (2)(a)”;

(c)after paragraph (3) insert—

(3A) The notice referred to in paragraph 2(b) must contain the information in paragraph (3) and must state the full address of the property.; and

(d)in paragraph (4)—

(i)in sub-paragraph (a) for “notice” substitute “notices”; and

(ii)in sub-paragraph (b) for “he has served it” substitute “they have been sent”.