EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Judicial Committee (General Appellate Jurisdiction) Rules Order 1982 (S.I. 1982/1676).
The current requirement for the parties to examine the proofs of the Record is omitted by article 5 of this Order. Article 7 omits the corresponding fee. Article 4 sets out the procedure which will replace the existing procedure. The parties will prepare the Record in accordance with Schedule A to the 1982 Rules and then send it to the Registry for approval. The Registrar may, if necessary, give directions for it to be rearranged. Once the Record has been approved by the Registry it is then reproduced by the appellant who is required to send a number of copies to the Registry and to the other parties.
Article 6 amends Schedule A to the Rules which sets out the format for the Record.
Consequential amendments are made to rule 13 (see article 3) and transitional provisions are made in article 8 so that the amendments do not apply in relation to any appeal in which the appellant has already lodged the Record for reproduction before the amendments come into force.