3.—(1) The Civil Procedure Rules 1998, and any relevant practice direction, apply in respect of applications under these Rules, except where these Rules make different provision.
(2) An application must be made by claim form and the claimant must use the CPR Part 8 (alternative procedure for claims) procedure.
(3) In the case of an application under section 15C(1), the Secretary of State is the defendant for the purposes of the Civil Procedure Rules 1998.
(4) CPR rule 8.1(3) (power of the court to order the claim to continue as if the claimant had not used the Part 8 procedure), CPR rule 8.2 (contents of the claim form) and CPR rule 8.7 (Part 20 claims) do not apply to applications under these Rules.
(5) Rule 7.47 (appeals and reviews of court orders in corporate insolvency) and rule 7.49A (procedure on appeal) of the Insolvency Rules 1986 apply to applications under these Rules.
Commencement Information
I1Rule 3 in force at 1.10.2016, see rule 1(2)