http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2018/479

Amendment of Part 455

In Part 45—

a

in the table of contents, in the entry for section IIIA, after “PRE-ACTION PROTOCOLS” insert “AND CLAIMS TO WHICH THE PRE-ACTION PROTOCOL FOR RESOLUTION OF PACKAGE TRAVEL CLAIMS APPLIES”;

b

in the heading to section IIIA, after “PRE-ACTION PROTOCOLS” insert “AND CLAIMS TO WHICH THE PRE-ACTION PROTOCOL FOR RESOLUTION OF PACKAGE TRAVEL CLAIMS APPLIES”;

c

in rule 45.29A, for paragraph (1) substitute—

1
Subject to paragraph (3), this section applies—
a
to a claim started under—
i
the Pre-Action Protocol for Low Value Personal Injury Claims in Road Traffic Accidents (‘the RTA Protocol’); or
ii
the Pre-Action Protocol for Low Value Personal Injury (Employers’ Liability and Public Liability) Claims (‘the EL/PL Protocol’),
where such a claim no longer continues under the relevant Protocol or the Stage 3 Procedure in Practice Direction 8B; and
b
to a claim to which the Pre-Action Protocol for Resolution of Package Travel Claims applies.

d

in the heading to rule 45.29D, after “EL/PL Protocol” insert “and Pre-Action Protocol for Resolution of Package Travel Claims”;

e

in rule 45.29D, after “a claim started under the EL/PL Protocol” insert “or in a claim to which the Pre-Action Protocol for Resolution of Package Travel Claims applies,”;

f

in the heading to rule 45.29E, after “EL/PL Protocol” insert “and Pre-Action Protocol for Resolution of Package Travel Claims”;

g

in rule 45.29E(1)(b), after “public liability claims” insert “and claims to which the Pre-Action Protocol for Resolution of Package Travel Claims applies”;

h

in rule 45.29H, after paragraph (1), insert—

1A
Where the order for costs is made in a claim to which the Pre-Action Protocol for Resolution of Package Travel Claims applies, the order shall be for a sum equivalent to one half of the applicable Type A and Type B costs in Table 6A.

i

in rule 45.29I(2), for the words “either the RTA Protocol or the EL/PL Protocol” substitute “the RTA Protocol, the EL/PL Protocol or the Pre-Action Protocol for Resolution of Package Travel Claims”.