EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Rules)
These Rules amend the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 (CPR) (SI 1998/3132), by—
making amendments to the costs management provisions in Section II of Part 3 and, in particular, excluding claims relating to children from those provisions;
correcting a typographical error in rule 44.5;
making amendments to rule 47.6 to ensure information is provided to the court in the required form when assessing costs under rule 3.18;
replacing Section I of Part 73 in relation to charging orders, for the centralisation of the processing of certain charging orders at the County Court Money Claims Centre, and for court officers at that Centre to deal with applications for charging orders in certain circumstances;
making amendments to rules 45.8, 70.5(4)(b), 73.12, 73.17, and RSC Order 115, rule 4, consequential on the changes in relation to charging orders;
inserting new Part 89, Attachment of Earnings, to replace CCR Order 27 and to enable the centralisation of attachment of earnings orders applications at the County Court Money Claims Centre;
making amendments to rules 45.8, 66.6, 70.1, 70.5(2A) and (4)(b), 75.6(d) and 75.10, and omitting CCR Order 27, consequential on the introduction of new Part 89.