{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-34.19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-34.19.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/34.19",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "34.19",
  "heading": "Dealing with deposition",
  "text": "(1) The examiner must send the deposition of the witness to the Senior Master unless the court orders otherwise.\n(2) The Senior Master will—\n(a) give a certificate sealed with the seal of the Senior Courts for use out of the jurisdiction identifying the following documents—\n(i) the request;\n(ii) the order of the court for examination; and\n(iii) the deposition of the witness; and\n(b) send the certificate and the documents referred to in paragraph (a) to—\n(i) the Secretary of State; or\n(ii) where the request was sent to the Senior Master by another person in accordance with a Civil Procedure Convention, to that other person,\nfor transmission to the court or tribunal requesting the examination.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 34 Section 2 inserted (2.12.2002) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2002 (S.I. 2002/2058), rule 1(b), Sch. 2 Pt. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in rule 34.19(2)(a) substituted (1.10.2009) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2009 (S.I. 2009/2092), rules 1(2), 4"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/34.19",
    "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."
}