Article 17

In rule 2(3), there shall be inserted at the beginning the words “Except where it relates to proceedings in the Admiralty Court”.

The words “or the Admiralty Registry, as the circumstances of the case require” shall be deleted from rules 2(4)(c) and 3(a) and inserted in rules 2(4)(a), 3(b), 4(1) and (2) and 6 after the words “the Crown Office”.

In rule 2(4), after the words “Queen's Bench Division” there shall be inserted the words “(including the Admiralty Court)”.

In rule 5, after the words “the Crown Office” there shall be inserted the words “or the principal registry of the Family Division, as the circumstances of the case require”.