Part 2Courts, tribunals and coroners
Chapter 2Online procedure
I1I226Process for making Online Procedure Rules
1
Before making Online Procedure Rules, the Online Procedure Rule Committee must—
a
consult such persons as they consider appropriate, and
b
hold a meeting (unless it is inexpedient to do so).
2
Rules made by the Online Procedure Rule Committee must be—
a
signed by—
i
at least half of the members of the Committee, where one of the signatories is the chair, or
ii
a majority of the members of the Committee, in any other case, and
b
submitted to the Lord Chancellor.
3
The Lord Chancellor may allow or disallow Online Procedure Rules made by the Committee.
4
In deciding whether to allow or disallow rules, the Lord Chancellor must have regard to the needs of persons who require online procedural assistance.
5
If the Lord Chancellor disallows rules, the Lord Chancellor must give the Committee written reasons for doing so.
6
Rules made by the Committee and allowed by the Lord Chancellor—
a
come into force on such day as the Lord Chancellor directs, and
b
are to be contained in a statutory instrument to which the Statutory Instruments Act 1946 applies as if the instrument contained rules made by a Minister of the Crown.
7
A statutory instrument containing Online Procedure Rules is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.