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See also Practice Direction RSC 54
Part | 50 |
| APPLICATION OF THE SCHEDULES
50 |
(1) | The Schedules to these Rules set out, with modifications, certain provisions previously contained in the Rules of the Supreme Court 1965(1) and the County Court Rules 1981(2).
(2) | These Rules apply in relation to the proceedings to which the Schedules apply subject to the provisions in the Schedules and the relevant practice directions.
(3) | A provision previously contained in the Rules of the Supreme Court 1965 –
(a) | is headed ‘RSC’;
(b) | is numbered with the Order and rule numbers it bore as part of the RSC; and
(c) | unless otherwise stated in the Schedules or the relevant practice direction, applies only to proceedings in the High Court.
(4) | A provision previously contained in the County Court Rules 1981 –
(a) | is headed ‘CCR’;
(b) | is numbered with the Order and rule numbers it bore as part of the CCR; and
(c) | unless otherwise stated in the Schedules or the relevant practice direction, applies only to proceedings in the county court.
(5) | A reference in a Schedule to a rule by number alone is a reference to the rule so numbered in the Order in which the reference occurs.
(6) | A reference in a Schedule to a rule by number prefixed by ‘CPR’ is a reference to the rule with that number in these Rules.
(7) | In the Schedules, unless otherwise stated, ‘the Act’ means –
(a) | in a provision headed ‘RSC’, the Supreme Court Act 1981; and
(b) | in a provision headed ‘CCR’, the County Courts Act 1984.
FOOTNOTES
1 | S.I. 1965/1776.
2 | S.I. 1981/1687.

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