{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-30.8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-30.8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/30.8",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "30.8",
  "heading": "Transfer of competition law claims",
  "text": "(1) This rule applies if, in any proceedings (other than proceedings already in a Competition List of the Business and Property Division, or in the Admiralty Court or Commercial Court of the Business and Property Division at the Rolls Building), a party’s statement of case raises an issue relating to the application of Chapter I or II of Part I of the Competition Act 1998 or to a claim under section 101 of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024.\n(2) Rules 30.2 and 30.3 do not apply.\n(3) The court must transfer the proceedings to the Competition List, Admiralty Court or Commercial Court of the Business and Property Division at the Rolls Building.\n(4) If any such proceedings ... fall within the scope of rule 58.1(2), any party to those proceedings may apply for the transfer of the proceedings to the Commercial Court, in accordance with rule 58.4(2) and rule 30.5(3). If the application is refused, the proceedings must be transferred to the Competition List of the Business and Property Division at the Rolls Building.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Rule 30.8 substituted (1.6.2004) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2004 (S.I. 2004/1306), rules 1(a), 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in rule 30.8(1) substituted (1.10.2026) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/817), rules 1(4), 9(3)(a) (with rule 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in rule 30.8(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Civil Procedure Rules 1998 (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/521), regs. 1(1), 9(2) (with reg. 21); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in rule 30.8(1) inserted (1.10.2025) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2025 (S.I. 2025/893), rules 1(2)(b), 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in rule 30.8(3) substituted (1.10.2026) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/817), rules 1(4), 9(3)(b) (with rule 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Rule 30.8(4) inserted (1.10.2005) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.3) Rules 2005 (S.I. 2005/2292), rules 1(c), 35(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in rule 30.8(4) omitted (1.10.2026) by virtue of The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/817), rules 1(4), 9(3)(c)(i) (with rule 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in rule 30.8(4) substituted (1.10.2026) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/817), rules 1(4), 9(3)(c)(ii) (with rule 2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/30.8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:12:59.276840+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."
}