The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 4) Rules 2003

Amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules 1998

17.  In RSC Order 115, after Part III, insert Part IV as follows—

“Part IV— International Criminal Court Act 2001: fines, forfeitures and reparation orders

Interpretation

37.   In this Part of this Order—

(a) “the Act” means the International Criminal Court Act 2001(1);

(b) “the ICC” means the International Criminal Court;

(c) “an order of the ICC” means—

(i) a fine or forfeiture ordered by the ICC; or

(ii) an order by the ICC against a person convicted by the ICC specifying a reparation to, or in respect of, a victim.

Registration of ICC orders for enforcement

38.— (1) An application to the High Court to register an order of the ICC for enforcement, or to vary or set aside the registration of an order, may be made to a judge or a Master of the Queen’s Bench Division.

(2) Rule 13 and rules 15 to 20 in Part I of this Order shall, with such modifications as are necessary and subject to the provisions of any regulations made under section 49 of the Act, apply to the registration for enforcement of an order of the ICC as they apply to the registration of an external confiscation order.”.

(1)

2001 c. 17.