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The Rules of the Supreme Court (Amendment) 1982

S.I. 1982/375 · Made 10 March 1982

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SUPREME COURT OF ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 10th March 1982

Laid before Parliament 22nd March 1982

Coming into Operation 19th April 1982

We the Supreme Court Rule Committee, having power under section 84 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 to make rules of court for the purpose of regulating and prescribing the practice and procedure to be followed in the Supreme Court, hereby exercise those powers as follows:—

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Sheriff's or small debts courts in Scotland
  3. 3Fees of Examiners of the Court
  4. 4Court of Appeal
  5. Signature
  6. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

(1)

These Rules may be cited as the Rules of the Supreme Court (Amendment) 1982 and shall come into operation on 19th April 1982.

(2)

In these Rules on Order referred to by number means the Order so numbered in the Rules of the Supreme Court 1965f1.

2Sheriff's or small debts courts in Scotland

Order 11, rule 4(3) shall be amended by substituting, for the words “sheriff's or small debts courts”, the words “sheriff court”.

3Fees of Examiners of the Court

Order 39, rule 19 shall be amended as follows:—

(1)

in paragraph (1), for the figures £20.00, £6.00 and £35.00, there shall be substituted the figures £27.00, £9.00 and £50.00 respectively;

(2)

in paragraph (3), for the figures £15.00 and £20.00, there shall be substituted the figures £21.00 and £28.00 respectively.

4Court of Appeal

Rule 1(1) of the Rules of the Supreme Court (Amendment No. 2) 1981 shall be amended by substituting, for the words “20th April 1982”, the words “1st October 1982”.

Signature

Hailsham of St. Marylebone, C

Lane, C.J

Denning, M.R

John Arnold, P

R.E. Megarry, V.C

John Donaldson, L.J

Anthony Lloyd, J

Iain Glidewell, J

Mark Potter

John G. McK. Laws

R.J. Pannone

P.F. Carter-Ruck

Dated 10th March 1982

Explanatory note

These Rules amend the Rules of the Supreme Court so as—

(a) to amend obsolete references in Order 11, rule 4(3) to Scottish courts (rule 2);

(b) to raise the fees payable to examiners of the Court (rule 3).

These Rules postpone from 20th April 1982 until 1st October 1982 the commencement of the rules relating to the Court of Appeal contained in the Rules of the Supreme Court (Amendment No. 2) 1981.