{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-66.4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-66.4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/66.4",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "66.4",
  "heading": "Counterclaims, other additional claims, and set-off",
  "text": "(1) In a claim by the Crown for taxes, duties or penalties, the defendant cannot make a counterclaim or other additional claim or raise a defence of set-off.\n(2) In any other claim by the Crown, the defendant cannot make a counterclaim or other additional claim or raise a defence of set-off which is based on a claim for repayment of taxes, duties or penalties.\n(3) In proceedings by or against the Crown in the name of the Attorney-General, no counterclaim or other additional claim can be made or defence of set-off raised without the permission of the court.\n(4) In proceedings by or against the Crown in the name of a government department, no counterclaim or other additional claim can be made or defence of set-off raised without the permission of the court unless the subject-matter relates to that government department.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 66 inserted (1.10.2005) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.3) Rules 2005 (S.I. 2005/2292), rule 1(c), Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in rule 66.4(1) substituted (6.4.2023) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/105), rules 1(1), 35(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in rule 66.4(2) substituted (6.4.2023) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/105), rules 1(1), 35(2)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in rule 66.4(3) substituted (6.4.2023) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/105), rules 1(1), 35(2)(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Word in rule 66.4(4) substituted (6.4.2023) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/105), rules 1(1), 35(2)(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Word in rule 66.4 heading substituted (6.4.2023) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/105), rules 1(1), 35(2)(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/66.4",
    "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."
}