1.—(1) These Rules may be cited as the Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2023 and come into force on 6th April 2023, except as provided by paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) These Rules may be cited as the Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2023 and come into force on 6th April 2023, except as provided by paragraphs (2) and (3).
(3) The amendments made by rule 24 of these Rules apply only to claims where proceedings are issued on or after 6th April 2023.
(4) The amendments made by rule 33(3)(b) and (4) of these rules apply only to claims where the claim form is issued on or after 6th April 2023.
(5) In these Rules—
(a)a reference to a Part or rule by number alone means the Part or rule so numbered in the Civil Procedure Rules 1998(1); and
(b)a reference to “Schedule 1” means Schedule 1 to those Rules, and a reference to an Order by number and prefixed by “RSC” means the RSC Order so numbered in that Schedule.
S.I. 1998/3132. There are relevant amendments in S.I. 2000/221, S.I. 2000/2092, S.I. 2001/256, S.I. 2001/1388, S.I. 2001/4015, S.I. 2002/2058, S.I. 2006/3435, S.I. 2007/2204, S.I. 2009/3390, S.I. 2012/2208, S.I. 2013/262, S.I. 2016/788, S.I. 2017/95, S.I. 2019/1118, S.I. 2021/117, S.I. 2021/196, S.I. 2022/101, and S.I. 2022/783.