# The Civil Procedure Rules 1998, Rule 68.2: References under section 6A of the Act: proceedings before County Court or High Court


(1) An application by a party to proceedings before the County Court or High Court for that court (“the court”) to make a reference under section 6A(1) of the Act is made under Part 23 using the approved form.
(2) The application notice must—
(a) state the point of law which arises on assimilated case law and the question to be determined on that point of law;
(b) set out the reasons for considering the point of law to be of general public importance; and
(c) describe the relevance of the point of law to the proceedings before the court.
(3) ) If the court is considering under section 6A(2)(a) of the Act whether to make a reference under section 6A(1), it must invite the parties to the proceedings to make representations.
(4) A copy of any reference must be sent by the court to—
(a) the parties to the proceedings;
(b) the Law Officers listed in section 6C(2) of the Act.
(Rules 68.3 and 68.4 make provision for how the reference is made to the Court of Appeal and for procedure in the Court of Appeal once the reference is made; and for references to the Supreme Court, provision for those matters is made by the Supreme Court Rules.)

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/68.2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-68.2
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