Amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules 1998

10.  In Part 14—

(a) in the table of contents, for the entry for rule 14.7A substitute “Request for judgment for an amount of money to be decided by the court – claims in the County Court Money Claims Centre”;

(b) in rule 14.1, in paragraph (2), for “He” substitute “The party”;

(c) in rule 14.2, in paragraph (4), substitute—

“(4) If the defendant does so, this Part shall apply as if the admission had been made within that period.”.

(d) in rule 14.4, in paragraph (3), for “he does” substitute “they do”;

(e) in rule 14.5—

(i) in paragraph (3)—

(aa) for “him to return” substitute “the return of”; and

(bb) in subparagraphs (a), (b) and (c), for “he”, in each place it occurs, substitute “the claimant”;

(ii) in paragraph (4), in the words which follow immediately below subparagraph (b) omit “on him”;

(iii) in paragraph (5), for “he files the notice” substitute “the notice is filed”;

(iv) in paragraph (6)—

(aa) for “he”, in the first place it occurs, substitute “they”; and

(bb) for “he does” substitute “they do”; and

(v) in the words in parentheses which follow paragraph (9), for “he wishes” substitute “they wish”;

(f) in rule 14.6, in paragraph (5), for the words from “on him” to the end, substitute “the claim is stayed until the request is filed.”;

(g) in rule 14.7—

(i) in paragraph (3), for the words from “him to return” to “whether or not he” substitute “the return of the notice stating whether or not the claimant”;

(ii) in paragraph (4)—

(aa) omit “on him”; and

(bb) for “he files the notice” substitute “the notice is filed”;

(iii) in paragraph (5)—

(aa) for “he”, in the first place it occurs, substitute “they”; and

(bb) for “he does” substitute “they do”; and

(iv) in paragraph (9) for “he” substitute “the claimant”;

(h) for rule 14.7A substitute—

“Request for judgment for an amount of money to be decided by the court – claims in the County Court Money Claims Centre

14.7A.— (1) If a claimant files a request for judgment in the County Court Money Claims Centre, for an amount of money to be decided by the court in accordance with rules 14.6 or14.7, the claim will be sent to the preferred hearing centre.

(2) If a claim is sent to a preferred hearing centre pursuant to paragraph (1), any further correspondence should be sent to, and any further requests should be made at, the hearing centre to which the claim was sent.”;

(i) in rule 14.9, in paragraph (4), for “he” substitute “they”;

(j) in rule 14.10, in paragraph (2), for “he” substitute “they”;

(k) in rule 14.11, in paragraph (2), for “he must do so” substitute “this must be done”;

(l) in rule 14.12—

(i) in paragraph (1), for “he” substitute “they”;

(ii) in paragraph (2)—

(aa) after “the proceedings will” insert “, in the High Court”;

(bb) after “transferred automatically” insert “, or, in the County Court, be sent”; and

(cc) in subparagraph (c), after “transferred” insert “or sent”;

(iii) in paragraph (2A)—

(aa) for “transferred automatically to the preferred court” substitute “sent to the preferred hearing centre”;

(bb) in subparagraph (b), for “is a designated money claim” substitute “was started in the County Court”; and

(cc) in subparagraph (d), for “transferred” substitute “sent”;

(m) in rule 14.13—

(i) in paragraph (3)—

(aa) after “the proceedings will” insert “, in the High Court”;

(bb) after “transferred”, in the first place it occurs, insert “, or, in the County Court, be sent”; and

(cc) in subparagraph (c), after “transferred” insert “or sent”; and

(ii) in paragraph (3A)—

(aa) for “transferred to the preferred court” substitute “sent to the preferred hearing centre”;

(bb) in subparagraph (b), for “is a designated money claim” substitute “was started in the County Court”; and

(cc) in subparagraph (c), for “transferred” insert “or sent”.