Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Rules)

These Rules amend the County Court Rules 1981 so as—

(a)

to reflect the change in name of chief clerk(rules 3(a) and 4);

(b)

to enable the proper officer to take oral examinations (or to nominate an officer of the court to do so) and to remove the requirement for that officer to be of a certain grade in the Court Service(rules 3(b) and 5);

(c)

to provide a procedure where a question arising in proceedings is transferred to a leasehold valuation tribunal for determination(rule 6);

(d)

to amend the accelerated possession procedure following the enactment (by the Housing Act 1996, section 96) of section 19A of the Housing Act 1988 (c. 50) (rule 7);

(e)

to provide the procedure for making an application for an injunction against anti-social behaviour (rule 8);

(f)

to enlarge the circumstances in which a summons in a business list action may be served out of England and Wales (rule 9), and

(g)

to correct a cross reference in Order 42, rule 5 (subsequent procedure in default action against the Crown) (rule 10).