Certificate of readiness
3. Order 8, Rule 3, shall be amended as follows—
(a)in paragraph (1) after the words “the plaintiff shall” there shall be inserted the words “subject to paragraph (1A) and”;
(b)after paragraph (1) there shall be inserted the following new paragraph—
“(1A) A certificate of readiness may not be delivered to the chief clerk until the expiry of 21 days following the date of service of the notice of intention to defend.”.