Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

These Rules amend the Rules of the Supreme Court 1965 so as:—

(a)

to provide for the endorsement of a writ before it is issued certifying that section 141 of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 does not apply, and for the same endorsement on an originating summons in a mortgage action;

(b)

to bring the procedure for payment into court under Order 22, rule 8 in line with that applying to payment into court under Order 22, rule 1;

(c)

to allow the Admiralty Registrar to sit other than at the Royal Courts of Justice;

(d)

to extend the time limit for filing an affidavit upon which a respondent to judicial review proceedings wishes to rely from 21 to 56 days.