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Explanatory note

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

(a)

to increase certain fixed costs recoverable under Appendix 3 to Order 62 where the sum claimed is within the county court limit (Rule 2);

(b)

to substitute a new Order 74 which provides for applications and appeals under the Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 1979 (Rule 3);

(c)

to provide for appeals and references to the High Court under section 11 of the Social Security and Housing Benefits Act 1982 (Rule 4).