{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-rules-2026/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-rules-2026/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2026/97",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-rules-2026",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Rules)\nThese Rules amend the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 (S.I. 1998/3132) by—\namending Part 2 (application and interpretation of the rules) to provide that, where proceedings are subject to Online Procedure Rules made under the Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (c. 35), the Civil Procedure Rules shall apply only as expressly permitted, and to include a definition of “Online Procedure Rules”;\namending Part 31 (disclosure and inspection of documents) by inserting new rule 31.12A (ordering a party to request another person to disclose a document) to expressly provide that the court may direct a party to seek disclosure of documents from a person who is not a party to the proceedings;\namending Part 45 (fixed costs) by—\namending rule 45.7 (counterclaims) to correct a cross-reference; and\namending rule 45.58 (disbursements – section IV) to reflect the renaming of the Motor Insurance Database;\namending rule 54.5 (time limit for filing claim form) to provide that, where an application for judicial review concerns a decision to which the Procurement Act 2023 (c. 54) applies, the claim form must be filed within the time limit specified in section 106(1) and (2) of that Act;\namending Part 77 (provision in support of criminal justice) to include in Section 1 (serious crime prevention orders) applications for interim serious crime prevention orders, following amendments to the Serious Crime Act 2007 (c. 27) made by the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025 (c. 31); and\namending Part 82 (closed material procedure) by—\namending rule 82.23 (directions for hearing of application) to include a signpost to rule 82.18 (supply of court documents); and\ninserting new rule 82.26A (special advocate’s position statement) which enables a special advocate to file, or the court to direct the filing of, a statement of case, a witness statement, or grounds of challenge, limited to matters arising substantially out of the sensitive material served on them.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/97/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:06:37.164684+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."
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