Rule 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation
These Rules may be cited as the Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2026.
In this rule and rule 2, “BPD changes” means the amendments made by rules 4, 7, 9, 11(2), 12 to 18, 20 to 22, 24, 27 and 28 of and Schedule 1 to these Rules to the following Parts and rules: Parts 2, 19, 30, rule 52.4, Parts 53, 57, 57A, 58, 59, 60, 61, 63, 63A, 64, 67 and 83 and to RSC Order 115.
These rules come into force on 1st October 2026, except as provided by paragraphs (4) and (5).
This rule and rule 3 in so far as they relate to the BPD changes, rule 2 and the BPD changes themselves, come into force on the same date, and immediately after, the Senior Courts (Transfer, Amendment and Consequential Provision) Order 2026f1 comes into force.
Rule 23 of and Schedule 2 to these Rules come into force on 26th October 2026.
In these Rules—
a reference to a Part or a rule by number alone means the Part or rule so numbered in the Civil Procedure Rules 1998f2; and
a reference to “Schedule 1” alone 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.
Annotations
Footnotes
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S.I. 1998/3132. There are relevant amendments in S.I. 1999/1008; S.I. 2000/221; S.I. 2001/1388; S.I. 2001/4015; S.I. 2002/2058; S.I. 2002/3219; S.I. 2003/2113; S.I. 2003/3361; S.I. 2004/1306; S.I. 2004/3419; S.I. 2005/2292; S.I. 2007/3543; S.I. 2008/3327; S.I. 2009/2092; S.I. 2010/1953; S.I. 2013/262; S.I. 2013/1974; S.I. 2014/407; S.I. 2014/2044; S.I. 2015/1569; S.I. 2016/788; S.I. 2017/95; S.I. 2017/889; S.I. 2018/975; S.I. 2019/521; S.I. 2019/1118; S.I. 2020/747; S.I. 2023/105; S.I. 2023/788; S.I. 2025/893; S.I. 2026/97.