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Explanatory note

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These Rules amend the County Court Rules 1981 so as—

  • (a) to give effect to those provisions of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 which are to come into operation on 19th May 1985 (Rules 2 to 10);

  • (b) to enable plaintiffs to prepare their own summonses where the proper officer so allows (Rule 11);

  • (c) to effect minor amendments to Order 49, rule 10 in the light of the provisions of the Local Government Finance Act 1982 (Rules 12 and 13);

  • (d) to make provision for cases in which assessors are summoned in proceedings under paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to the Telecommunications Act 1984 (Rule 14).