Article 5

for paragraph (2) of rule 1 there shall be substituted the following paragraph:—

“(2)

Subject to paragraph (3), this rule applies to every action begun by writ in the Queen's Bench Division (including the Admiralty Court) or the Chancery Division other than—

(a)

an action which includes a claim by the plaintiff for libel, slander, malicious prosecution, false imprisonment or seduction,

(b)

an action which includes a claim by the plaintiff based on an allegation of fraud, or

(c)

an Admiralty action in rem.”;

in rule 5(1) after the words “Queen's Bench Division” there shall be inserted the words “(including the Admiralty Court)”.