Article 3 Amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules 1998

After rule 5.4 insert—

“Supply of documents to Attorney-General from court records

5.4A

(1)

The Attorney-General may search for, inspect and take a copy of any documents within a court file for the purpose of preparing an application or considering whether to make an application under section 42 of the Supreme Court Act 1981^f1 or section 33 of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996^f2 (restriction of vexatious proceedings).

(2)

The Attorney-General must, when exercising the right under paragraph (1)—

(a)

pay any prescribed fee; and

(b)

file a written request, which must—

(i)

confirm that the request is for the purpose of preparing an application or considering whether to make an application mentioned in paragraph (1); and

(ii)

name the person who would be the subject of the application.”.