The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 5) (Coronavirus) Rules 2020 No. 889 (L. 20)

Statutory Instruments

2020 No. 889 (L. 20)

Senior Courts Of England And Wales

County Court, England And Wales

The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 5) (Coronavirus) Rules 2020

Made

21st August 2020

Coming into force

22nd August 2020

Laid before Parliament

24th August 2020

The Civil Procedure Rule Committee, having power under section 2 of the Civil Procedure Act 1997(1) to make rules of court under section 1 of that Act, and having fulfilled the requirements of section 2(6) of that Act, makes the following Rules.

(1)

1997 c.12. Section 2(1) was substituted by the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c.4), section 15 and Schedule 4 Part 1. Section 1(3) was substituted by section 82(1) of the Courts Act 2003 (c.39) and further amended by the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 sections 15, 146, Schedule 4 Part 1 and Schedule 18, Part 2.