Article 4 Amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules 1998

After rule 5.4, insert—

“Filing and sending documents

5.5

(1)

A practice direction may make provision for documents to be filed or sent to the court by—

(a)

facsimile; or

(b)

other electronic means.

(2)

Any such practice direction may—

(a)

provide that only particular categories of documents may be filed or sent to the court by such means;

(b)

provide that particular provisions only apply in specific courts; and

(c)

specify the requirements that must be fulfilled for any document filed or sent to the court by such means.”.