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Explanatory note

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These Rules amend the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 in that they—

  • amend rules 21.10(3), 27.14(2), 36.1(1), 36.1(2), 36.2(2)(b), 36.3(4), 36.14(6) 44.12A(4A), 45.7(3), 45.15(4), 48.5(2)(b)(ii);

  • insert new rules 14.1B, 36.A1 and 44.12C; and

  • insert new Section II in Part 36 and new Section VI in Part 45,

    as a consequence of the new Pre-Action Protocol for Low Value Personal Injury Claims in Road Traffic Accidents;

  • amend rule 55.10(2) to provide for a registered proprietor of a registered charge to be notified by a claimant when proceedings are started under Part 55; and

  • amend rule 55.11(3) as a consequence of the introduction of private registered providers of social housing under the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008.