36.1. Practice Direction 36A shall make provision for the extent to which these rules shall apply to proceedings started before the day on which they come into force.
36.2. Practice directions may modify or disapply any provision of these rules—
(a)for specified periods; and
(b)in relation to proceedings in specified courts,
during the operation of pilot schemes for assessing the use of new practices and procedures in connection with proceedings.
36.3. Practice Directions may modify or disapply any provision of these rules—
(a)for specified periods; and
(b)in relation to proceedings in specified courts,
in order to address issues for the work of the courts arising from the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak or any other public emergency.]
Textual Amendments
F1Rule 36.3 inserted (6.4.2021) by The Family Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2021 (S.I. 2021/155), rules 1, 4