Explanatory note

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

(a) to give effect to the Foreign Limitation Periods Act 1984 (Rules 2 to 4);

(b) to increase the fees for examiners of the court (Rule 5);

(c) to enable improvements to be made in the administrative arrangements for registering maintenance orders in magistrates' courts (Rules 6 to 9);

(d) to amend the form of medical certificate in applications for custodianship orders (Rule 10).