The Civil Procedure (Amendment) (EU Exit) Rules 2019

Rules made by the Lord Chancellor, laid before Parliament under section 40(8) of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament within 28 days beginning with the day on which the Rules were made, subject to extension for periods of dissolution, prorogation or adjournment for more than 4 days.

Statutory Instruments

2019 No. 147 (L. 2)

Senior Courts Of England And Wales

Exiting The European Union

Sanctions

The Civil Procedure (Amendment) (EU Exit) Rules 2019

Made

30th January 2019

Laid before Parliament

31st January 2019

Coming into force

1st March 2019

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the power conferred by section 40 of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018(1) (“the 2018 Act”) to make rules of court under section 1 of the Civil Procedure Act 1997(2), and after consulting in accordance with section 40(5)(a) of the 2018 Act, makes the following Rules.

(1)

2018 c. 13. Section 40(1) provides that sections 66 to 68 of the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 (c. 28) apply in relation to proceedings on applications under section 38 of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 and claims arising from matters to which such an application relates as they apply in relation to financial restrictions proceedings within the meaning of section 65 of the 2008 Act, with modifications.

(2)

1997 c. 12. Section 1(3) was amended by the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), section 82(1) (the amendment is not yet in force), and by the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), sections 15(1) and 146 and Schedule 4, paragraphs 261 and 262 and Schedule 18, Part 2.