{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-63.18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-63.18.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/63.18",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "63.18",
  "heading": "Transfer of proceedings",
  "text": "(1) Rule 30.5 applies save for the modifications—\n(a) a judge sitting in the County Court or in the Business and Property Division may order proceedings to be transferred to the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court; and\n(b) an application for the transfer of proceedings from the County Court or any list of the Business and Property Division to the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court may be made to a judge sitting in the County Court or the Business and Property Division respectively.\n(2) When considering whether to transfer proceedings to or from the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court, the court will have regard to the provisions of Practice Direction 30.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 63 substituted (1.10.2009) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2009 (S.I. 2009/2092), rule 1(2), Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Pt. 63 Section 5 inserted (1.10.2010) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.2) Rules 2010 (S.I. 2010/1953), rule 1(2), Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Rule 63.18 substituted (1.10.2013) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.7) Rules 2013 (S.I. 2013/1974), rules 2, 26(k)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in rule 63.18(1)(a) substituted (1.10.2026) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/817), rules 1(4), 20(4)(a) (with rule 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in rule 63.18(1)(b) inserted (1.10.2026) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/817), rules 1(4), 20(4)(b)(i) (with rule 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in rule 63.18(1)(b) substituted (1.10.2026) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/817), rules 1(4), 20(4)(b)(ii) (with rule 2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/63.18",
    "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."
}