Amendment of the 2016 Regulations
2.—(1) The 2016 Regulations are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 10 (registration appeals proceedings: witness summons) for paragraph (1)(b) substitute—
“(b)SCW may apply to the County Court or the High Court to issue a witness summons in accordance with Rule 34.4 of the Civil Procedure Rules 1998(1).”
(3) In regulation 23 (fitness to practise proceedings and interim orders proceedings: witness summons) for paragraph (1)(b) substitute—
“(b)SCW may apply to the County Court or the High Court to issue a witness summons in accordance with Rule 34.4 of the Civil Procedure Rules 1998.”
(4) In regulation 34 (interim orders proceedings: witness summons) for paragraph (1)(b) substitute—
“(b)SCW may apply to the County Court or the High Court to issue a witness summons in accordance with Rule 34.4 of the Civil Procedure Rules 1998.”
S.I. 1998/3132. Rule 34.4 of the Civil Procedure Rules gives the High Court and the County Court power to issue a witness summons in aid of a court or tribunal which does not have power to issue a witness summons in relation to proceedings before it.