The Court Funds (Amendment) Rules 1999

Amendments to the Courts Funds Rules 1987

17.  In rule 31:–

(a) for paragraph (1) substitute:–

“(1) Where, in the Royal Courts of Justice, money has been

(a) paid into court in accordance with CPR Part 36; or

(b) appropriated in accordance with CPR rule 37.2

in satisfaction of a claim, it shall only be placed to a basic account 21 days after the effective date of lodgment or appropriation and not before.”;

(b) for paragraph (2), substitute:–

“(2) Where money has been paid into a District Registry or county court in satisfaction of a claim, the court officer shall remit the amount of the payment to the Court Funds Office 22 days after the effective date of payment into that court.”;

(c) after paragraph (2) insert–

“(2A) Paragraphs (1) and (2) shall not apply where a request for payment from the claimant is received before the expiration of the time limits specified in those paragraphs.”; and

(d) in paragraph (3) before “county court”, insert “District Registry or”.