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The Election Petition (Amendment) Rules 1999

S.I. 1999/1352 · Made 12 May 1999

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SUPREME COURT OF ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 12th May 1999

Laid before Parliament 13th May 1999

Coming into force 7th June 1999

We, the Civil Procedure Rule Committee, being the authority having for the time being the power to make rules of court for the Supreme Court, in exercise of the power conferred on us by sections 136, 182 and 185 of the Representation of the People Act 1983f1 make the following rules:–

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1983 c. 2. Section 136 was amended by the Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50), section 24 and schedule 4, paragraph 48.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. 3Article 3
  4. 4Article 4
  5. 5Article 5
  6. 6Article 6
  7. 7Article 7
  8. 8Article 8
  9. 9Article 9
  10. 10Article 10
  11. 11Article 11
  12. 12Article 12
  13. Signature
  14. Explanatory note

1

(1)

These Rules may be cited as the Election Petition (Amendment) Rules 1999 and shall come into force on 7th June 1999.

(2)

In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires, a rule referred to by number alone means the rule so numbered in the Election Petition Rules 1960f1.

2

In rule 2(4):–

(a)

omit “, including the rules relating to the discovery and inspection of documents and the delivery of interrogatories.”; and

(b)

for “action”, substitute “claim”.

3

In rule 5(1) for “ex parte by summons”, substitute “without notice being served on any Respondent within the meaning of Rule 6”.

4

In rule 6(2):–

(a)

for “writ of summons”, substitute “claim form”; and

(b)

for “an affidavit of service”, substitute “a certificate of service”.

5

In rule 7:

(a)

in paragraph (1), for “a summons”, substitute “an application notice”; and

(b)

in paragraph (2):–

(i)

for “summons”, substitute “application”; and

(ii)

omit “in chambers”.

6

In rule 9(1), for “summons”, substitute “application notice”.

7

In rule 11, for “motion”, substitute “application notice”.

8

In rule 12:–

(a)

in paragraph (1), for “motion”, substitute “application notice”;

(b)

in paragraph (2):–

(i)

in sub-paragraph (a), for “notice of motion”, substitute “the application notice”;

(ii)

in sub-paragraph (b), for “motion”, substitute “application”;

(c)

in paragraph (3), for “notice of motion”, substitute “application notice”; and

(d)

in paragraph (4), before “notice”, insert “application”.

9

In rule 13:–

(a)

in paragraph (1), for “motion”, substitute “application notice”; and

(b)

in paragraph (2), for “notice of motion”, substitute “the application notice”.

10

In rule 14(2), for “motion”, substitute “application notice”.

11

In rule 16(3), for “motion”, substitute “application notice”.

12

In rule 19(1):–

(a)

for “the provisions of Order 3 of the Rules of the Supreme Court”, substitute “rules 2.8 to 2.11 of the Civil Procedure Rules 1998f1”; and

(b)

for “Rules of the Supreme Court”, substitute “Civil Procedure Rules”.

Signature

Woolf M.R.

Richard Scott V-C

Anthony May L.J.

John Leslie

Richard Holman

Godfrey Gypps

Olivia Morrison-Lyons

Harriet Kimbell

Peter Haworth

Peter Watson

David Foskett

Nicholas Chambers

I allow these Rules which shall come into force on 7th June 1999

Irvine of Lairg, C.

12th May 1999

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

These Rules make amendments to the Election Petition Rules 1960 consequent upon the implementation of the Civil Procedure Rules 1998.