# The Rules of the Supreme Court (Amendment No. 2) 1981, Note: Explanatory note


These Rules amend the Rules of the Supreme Court so as—
(a) to give effect to section 58 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 which enables the incidental jurisdiction of the Court of Appeal to be exercised either by a single judge or by the new registrar of civil appeals (Rules 2 to 24);
(b) to give effect to sections 75A to 75C of the County Courts Act 1959 as amended by Schedule 3 to the Supreme Court Act 1981, which relate to the transfer of proceedings between the High Court and county courts (Rules 25 to 27);
(c) to revise the fixed costs which may be allowed under Appendix 3 to Order 62 (Rules 28 to 30);
(d) to give effect to section 40 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 which extends the scope of garnishee proceedings, and to provide better protection to garnishees (Rules 31 to 35);
(e) to give effect to section 21 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 which provides for the mode of exercise of the Admiralty jurisdiction of the High Court, and to effect other minor amendments in relation to Admiralty proceedings (Rules 36 to 39).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1981/1734/note (the official version)
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