Article 5

The following paragraph shall be added at the end of Order 22, rule 1:—

“(7)

Where—

(a)

an action proceeding in a district registry is being tried at an assize town within the district of another district registry or at the Royal Courts of Justice, or

(b)

an action proceeding in the Royal Courts of Justice is being tried at an assize town within the district of a district registry,

any payment into court under this rule made after the trial or hearing has begun may, if the defendant so desires, be made at the district registry within the district of which the assize town is situated or, if the action is being tried at the Royal Courts of Justice, in the same manner as if the action were proceeding there”.