{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-54.25",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-54.25.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/54.25",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "54.25",
  "heading": "Scope and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Section contains rules about environmental review.\n(2) In this Section—\n(a) “claim for environmental review” means a claim made by the Office for Environmental Protection (“OEP”) under section 38 of the Environment Act 2021;\n(b) “the environmental review procedure” means the Part 8 procedure as modified by this Section;\n(c) “interested party” means any person (other than the claimant and defendant) who is directly affected by the claim; and\n(d) “court” means the High Court.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 54 inserted (2.10.2000) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 4) Rules 2000 (S.I. 2000/2092), rule 1, Sch. (with rule 30)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Pt. 54 Section 3 inserted (1.10.2022) by virtue of The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2022 (S.I. 2022/783), rules 1(1), 21(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/54.25",
    "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."
}