The Housing Administration (England and Wales) Rules 2018

CHAPTER 1 General

Court rules and practice to apply

4.1.—(1) The provisions of the CPR (including any related Practice Directions) apply for the purposes of housing administration with any necessary modifications, except so far as disapplied by or inconsistent with these Rules.

(2) Housing administration proceedings must be allocated to the multi-track, for which CPR Part 29 makes provision, and accordingly those provisions of the CPR which provide for directions questionnaires and track allocation do not apply.

(3) CPR Part 32 applies to a false statement in a document verified by a statement of truth made under these Rules as it applies to a false statement in a document verified by a statement of truth made under CPR Part 22.

Performance of functions by the Court

4.2.—(1) Anything to be done under or by virtue of the Act or these Rules by, to or before the court may be done by, to or before a judge.

(2) The judge may authorise any act of a formal or administrative character which is not by statute that person’s responsibility to be carried out by the chief clerk or any other officer of the court acting on that person’s behalf, in accordance with directions given by the Lord Chancellor.

(3) The hearing of an application must be in open court unless the court directs otherwise.