# The Rules of the Supreme Court (Amendment) 1980, Note: Explanatory note


These Rules amend the Rules of the Supreme Court so as—
(a) to enlarge the definition of “cause book” (rule 2);
(b) to give procedural backing to the Protection of Trading Interests Act 1980 (rules 3 and 4);
(c) to provide for the service of process under the Hague Convention on persons resident in independent Commonwealth countries, for the services of process on a State (as defined in section 14 of the State Immunity Act 1978) and for the recovery and enforcement against a State of a default judgment (rules 5 to 8);
(d) to permit the renewal of a writ of execution after its expiry (rule 9);
(e) to amend the rules regarding charging orders, consequential upon the implementation of the Charging Orders Act 1978 (rules 10 to 16);
(f) to end the use of foolscap paper in the Supreme Court for documents prepared after 1 January 1982 (rules 17 and 18);
(g) to modernise the procedure for service in England and Wales of process originating abroad (rule 19);
(h) to authorise proceedings in accordance with s. 85(7) of the Fair Trading Act 1973 to be begun by originating motion (rule 20);
(i) to provide for maintenance orders which are made in Scotland or Northern Ireland, and are registered in the High Court, to be re-registered in a magistrates' court, and for those which are registered in a magistrates' court to be re-registered in the High Court, as soon as section 3 of the Administration of Justice Act 1977 is brought into force (rule 21);
(j) to provide for the enforcement of High Court maintenance orders against persons resident in the Hague Convention countries (Czechoslovakia, France, Norway, Portugal, Sweden and Switzerland) (rule 22);
(k) to make miscellaneous minor amendments (rules 23 to 27); and
(l) to make minor amendments consequential upon the introduction of the new form of writ (rules 28 to 31).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1980/629/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/rules-of-the-supreme-court-amendment-1980/note
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