Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/12/section/2
Timestamp: 2017-12-16 15:19:22
Document Index: 746119093

Matched Legal Cases: ['art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2']

Civil Procedure Act 1997, Section 2 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 16 December 2017. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
s. 2(6)-(8) repealed by 2003 c. 39 s. 85(1) Sch. 10
s. 2(2)(ca) inserted by S.I. 2017/1148 art. 2
2 Rule Committee.E+W
[F1(1)Civil Procedure Rules are to be made by a committee known as the Civil Procedure Rule Committee, which is to consist of the following persons—
(2)[F2The persons to be appointed in accordance with subsections (1A) and (1B) are]
[F3(a)either two or three judges of the [F4Senior Courts],]
[F5(c)either one or two district judges]
(d)one person who is a Master referred to in Part II of Schedule 2 to the M1[F6Senior Courts Act 1981],
(e)three persons who have a [F4Senior Courts] qualification (within the meaning of section 71 of the M2Courts and Legal Services Act 1990), including at least one with particular experience of practice in [F7 the county court ],
(f)three persons who have been [F8authorised by a relevant approved regulator] to conduct litigation in relation to all proceedings in the [F4Senior Courts], including at least one with particular experience of practice in [F7 the county court ], [F9and
[F10(2A) In subsection (2)(f) “ relevant approved regulator ” is to be construed in accordance with section 20(3) of the Legal Services Act 2007. ]
[F11(3)Before appointing a person in accordance with subsection (1A), the Lord Chief Justice must consult the Lord Chancellor.]
(4)Before appointing a person [F12in accordance with subsection (1B), the Lord Chancellor must consult the Lord Chief Justice and, if the person falls within paragraph (e) or (f) of subsection (2), must also consult] any body which—
[F13(9)The Lord Chief Justice may nominate a judicial office holder (as defined in section 109(4) of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005) to exercise his functions under this section.]
[F14(9)If the Lord Chancellor disallows rules under subsection (8), he must give the Civil Procedure Rule Committee written reasons for doing so.]
F1S. 2(1)(1A)(1B) substituted (3.4.2006) for s. 2(1) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15, 148(1), Sch. 4 para. 263(2); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 11(v)
F2Words in s. 2(2) substituted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15, 148(1), Sch. 4 para. 263(3); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 11(v)
F3S. 2(2)(a) substituted (26.1.2004) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), ss. 83(2), 110(1); S.I. 2003/3345, art. 2(b)(viii)
F4Words in s. 2(2)(a)(e)(f) substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59(5), 148(1), Sch. 11 para. 4; S.I. 2009/ 1604, {art. 2(d)}
F5Words in s. 2(2)(c) substituted (1.9.2006) by The Civil Procedure Act 1997 (Amendment) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1847), art. 2
F6Words in s. 2(2)(d) substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59(5), 148(1), Sch. 11 para. 1(2); S.I. 2009/ 1604, {art. 2(d)}
F7Words in s. 2(2)(e)(f) substituted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 9 para. 67(a); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)
F8Words in s. 2(2)(f) substituted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 208(1), 211(2), Sch. 21 para. 122(a) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/ 3250, {art. 2(h)} (with arts. 6, 9)
F9S. 2(2)(g) and word substituted (26.1.2004) for s. 2(2)(g)(h) and word by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), ss. 83(3), 110(1); S.I. 2003/3345, art. 2(b)(viii)
F10S. 2(2A) inserted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 208(1), 211(2), Sch. 21 para. 122(b) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/ 3250, {art. 2(h)} (with arts. 6, 9)
F11S. 2(3) substituted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15, 148(1), Sch. 4 para. 263(4); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 11(v)
F12Words in s. 2(4) substituted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15, 148(1), Sch. 4 para. 263(5); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 11(v)
F13S. 2(9) inserted "after subsection (8)" (3.4.2006) by virtue of Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15, 148(1), Sch. 4 para. 263(6); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 11(v)
F14S. 2(9) inserted "after subsection (8)" (temp. from 3.4.2006 with effect as mentioned in Sch. 4 para. 361 of the amending Act) by virtue of Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15, 148(1), Sch. 4 para. 385(2)(3); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 11(cc)
M21990 c. 41.