Article 34 Amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules 1998

In CCR Order 49, rule 17—

(a)

in paragraph (1)—

(i)

after sub-paragraph (a) insert—

“(aa)

“the Religion or Belief Regulations” means the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003^f1 and “the Sexual Orientation Regulations” means the Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003^f2;”; and

(ii)

for sub-paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b)

in relation to proceedings under any of those Acts or Regulations, expressions which are used in the Act or Regulations concerned have the same meanings in this rule as they have in that Act or those Regulations;”;

(b)

in paragraph (4), for “or section 57, 62 or 63 of the Act of 1976” substitute “, section 57, 62 or 63 of the Act of 1976, regulation 31 of the Religion or Belief Regulations or regulation 31 of the Sexual Orientation Regulations”;

(c)

in paragraph (6), for “or section 66 of the Act of 1976” substitute “, section 66 of the Act of 1976, regulation 33 of the Religion or Belief Regulations or regulation 33 of the Sexual Orientation Regulations”; and

(d)

in paragraph (8), for “or section 26 of the Act of 1995” substitute “, section 26 of the Act of 1995, paragraph 1(1) or (2) of Schedule 4 to the Religion or Belief Regulations or paragraph 1(1) or (2) of Schedule 4 to the Sexual Orientation Regulations”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2003/1660.
f2: S.I. 2003/1661.