{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-no4-rules-2011/rule-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-no4-rules-2011/rule-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2011/3103",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.4) Rules 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-no4-rules-2011",
  "path": "rule/7",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "text": "In Part 14—\n(a) in the table of contents—\n(i) in the left hand column, after “Admission of liability to pay claim for unspecified amount of money where defendant offers a sum in satisfaction of the claim”, insert “Automatic transfer”; and\n(ii) in the right hand column, after “Rule 14.7”, insert “Rule 14.7A”; and\n(b) after rule 14.7, insert—\n“Automatic Transfer\n14.7A. If—\n(a) a claimant files a request for judgment for an amount of money to be decided by the court in accordance with rule 14.6 or 14.7; and\n(b) the claim is a designated money claim,\nthe court will transfer the claim to the preferred court.”;\n(c) in rule 14.12—\n(i) in paragraph (2), for “must” substitute “will”;\n(ii) in paragraph (2)(c), omit “under rules 13.4 (application to set aside or vary default judgment-procedure) or rule 26.2 (automatic transfer)”;\n(iii) at end of paragraph (2), omit “(Rule 2.3 explains which court is a defendant’s home court)”;\n(iv) after paragraph (2), insert—\n“(2A) Where the judge is to determine the time and rate of payment at a hearing, the proceedings will be transferred automatically to the preferred court if—\n(a) the only claim is for a specified amount of money;\n(b) the claim is a designated money claim;\n(c) the defendant is not an individual; and\n(d) the claim has not been transferred to another court.”; and\n(v) in paragraph (3), for “must” substitute “will”; and\n(d) in rule 14.13—\n(i) in paragraph (3), for “must” substitute “will”;\n(ii) in paragraph (3)(c), omit “under rules 13.4 (application to set aside or vary default judgment-procedure) or rule 26.2 (automatic transfer)”;\n(iii) after paragraph (3), insert—\n“(3A) Where an application for re-determination is made, the proceedings will be transferred to the preferred court if—\n(a) the only claim (apart from a claim for interest or costs) is for a specified amount of money;\n(b) the claim is a designated money claim;\n(c) the defendant is not an individual; and\n(d) the claim has not been transferred to another court.”; and\n(iv) after paragraph (3), omit “(Rule 2.3 explains which court is a defendant’s home court)”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/3103/rule/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:46:06.125323+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}