{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-66.6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-66.6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/66.6",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "66.6",
  "heading": "Enforcement against the Crown",
  "text": "(1) The following rules do not apply to any order against the Crown—\n(a) Rules 40.8A and 70.2A and Parts 69 to 73, 81, 83, 84 and 89; and\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(c) CCR Order 28.\n(2) In paragraph (1), “order against the Crown” means any judgment or order against the Crown, a government department, or an officer of the Crown as such, made—\n(a) in civil proceedings by or against the Crown;\n(b) in proceedings in the Administrative Court;\n(c) in connection with an arbitration to which the Crown is a party; or\n(d) in other civil proceedings to which the Crown is a party.\n(3) An application under section 25(1) of the Act for a separate certificate of costs payable to the applicant may be made without notice.",
  "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": "Words in rule 66.6(1)(a) substituted (22.4.2014) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 4) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/867), rules 1, 11(a) (with rule 25)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in rule 66.6(1)(a) substituted (6.4.2016) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2016 (S.I. 2016/234), rules 2, 11(a) (with rule 25)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Rule 66.6(1)(b) omitted (22.4.2014) by virtue of The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 4) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/867), rules 1, 11(b) (with rule 25)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Word in rule 66.6(1)(c) substituted (6.4.2016) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2016 (S.I. 2016/234), rules 2, 11(b) (with rule 25)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/66.6",
    "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."
}