{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-funds-amendment-rules-2007/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-funds-amendment-rules-2007/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/729",
  "legislation_title": "Court Funds (Amendment) Rules 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-funds-amendment-rules-2007",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Court Funds Rules 1987",
  "text": "In rule 2(2)—\n(a) replace the definition of “Appointed Officer” with—\n““Appropriation” means where the whole or any part of money paid into court under a court order or in support of a defence of tender before claim—\n(i) prior to 6th April 2007, was treated as a CPR Part 36 payment in accordance with CPR Part 37 as it was in force immediately prior to that date; and\n(j) on or after 6th April 2007, is used to satisfy a Part 36 offer in accordance with CPR Part 37.3,\nand the verb “appropriate” shall be construed accordingly.;”;\n(b) omit the definition of “Authorised Officer”;\n(c) in the definition of “The Bank” omit the words “the Bank of England or”;\n(d) omit the definition of “Court Funds Office”;\n(e) omit the definition of “Duty”;\n(f) before the definition of “Employment Appeal Tribunal” insert—\n““Effective date of appropriation” means, in relation to funds appropriated prior to 6th April 2007, the date on which a notice of appropriation was received by the Accountant General;”;\n(g) omit the definition of “Fund or Fund in Court”; and\n(h) after the definition of “Special Account” insert—\n““Transitional funds” means money which, less than 21 days prior to 6th April 2007, in satisfaction of a claim—\n(i) had been paid into court in accordance with CPR Part 36; or\n(j) had been appropriated in accordance with CPR Part 37,\nas those Parts were in force immediately prior to 6th April 2007;.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/729/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:58:33.032159+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."
}