Article 207 Expressions used generally

In these Rules expressions defined in section 102 of the 2011 Act have the meanings given to them in that section.

A reference in these Rules to a numbered form is to the form so numbered in Schedule 1 to these Rules.

In these Rules—

• “Business day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a day which is a bank holiday in any part of Great Britain under or by virtue of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 M1; a “certificate of service” means a certificate of service verified by a statement of truth;

• “costs officer” has the meaning given to it in CPR Part 43;

• “File in court” means deliver to the court for filing;

• “The Gazette” means the London Gazette;

• “Gazetted” means advertised once in the Gazette;

• “Practice direction” means a direction as to the practice and procedure of any court within the scope of the CPR;

• “Prescribed part” has the same meaning as it does in section 176A(2) of the 1986 Act and the Insolvency Act 1986 (Prescribed Part) Order 2003 M2;

• “Standard contents” means—

  1. (a)

     in relation to a notice to be gazetted, the contents specified in Rule 180; and

  2. (b)

     in relation to a notice to be advertised in any other way, the contents specified in Rule 183;

  a “statement of truth” means a statement of truth in accordance with CPR Part 22; a “witness statement” means a witness statement verified by a statement of truth in accordance with CPR Part 22.