Rule 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

These Rules may be cited as the Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2026.

(2)

These Rules come into force as follows—

(a)

rules 1 and 2, 4 to 6 and 8 come into force on 6th April 2026;

(b)

rule 3 comes into force on the date on which, and immediately after, paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 to the Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022^f1 comes into force for all purposes; and

(c)

rule 7 comes into force on the date on which, and immediately after, section 56 of the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025^f2 comes into force for all purposes.

(3)

In these Rules a reference to a Part or rule by number alone means the Part or rule so numbered in the Civil Procedure Rules 1998^f3.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 2022 c. 35.
f2: 2025 c. 31.
f3: S.I. 1998/3132. There are relevant amendments in S.I. 2000/2092, S.I. 2007/3543, S.I. 2009/3390, S.I. 2010/1953, S.I. 2013/1412, S.I. 2013/1571, S.I. 2014/407, S.I. 2022/101, S.I. 2022/783, S.I. 2023/572, S.I. 2024/106, S.I. 2024/839, S.I. 2025/893 and S.I. 2025/1229.