{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/competition-appeal-tribunal-rules-2015/rule-74",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/competition-appeal-tribunal-rules-2015/rule-74.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/1648",
  "legislation_title": "The Competition Appeal Tribunal Rules 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/competition-appeal-tribunal-rules-2015",
  "path": "rule/74",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "74",
  "heading": "General",
  "text": "(1) Part 4 of these Rules applies to collective proceedings in accordance with this rule—\n(2) References in Part 4 to “claim form” and “claimant” are to be read respectively as “collective proceedings claim form” and “class representative”.\n(3) The following rules do not apply to collective proceedings—\n(a) rule 30 (manner of commencing proceedings under section 47A of the 1998 Act);\n(b) rule 33 (acknowledgment, service and notification);\n(c) rule 45 (settlement offers);\n(d) rule 58 (fast-track procedure);\n(e) rule 71 (transfer of claims from the Tribunal);\n(f) rule 72 (transfer of claims to the Tribunal).\n(4) The following rules apply to collective proceedings with the following modifications—\n(a) rule 35 (defence to a claim): the time limit for the filing of the defence in rule 35(1) does not apply;\n(b) rule 36 (reply to defence): the time limit for the filing of the reply in rule 36(1) does not apply;\n(c) rule 42 (default judgment): default judgment may only be given in collective proceedings after the Tribunal has made a collective proceedings order in accordance with rule 80;\n(d) rule 54 (case management conference): references to the first case management conference are to be read as referring to the first case management conference after the Tribunal has made a collective proceedings order in accordance with rule 80;\n(e) rule 60 (disclosure by parties to the proceedings): references to the first case management conference are to be read as referring to the first case management conference after the Tribunal has made a collective proceedings order in accordance with rule 80;\n(5) Rule 44 (withdrawal) applies to collective proceedings, in accordance with rules 86 (individual settlement by the class representative) and 87 (applications for withdrawal by the class representative);\n(6) A collective proceedings order and a collective settlement order may be limited to only some parts or issues in the claims to which it relates.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1648/rule/74",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:32:44.195082+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."
}