The Civil Procedure (Modification of Enactments) Order 1998

5.  The Supreme Court Act 1981(1) is amended as follows–

(a)in section 33 (powers of High Court exercisable before commencement of action), in subsection (2), omit “in which a claim in respect of personal injuries to a person, or in respect of a person’s death, is likely to be made,”; and

(b)in section 34 (power of High Court to order disclosure of documents, inspection of property etc.)–

(i)omit subsection (1); and

(ii)in each of subsections (2) and (3), omit “to which this subsection applies”.