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08 January 2010
Issue: 7399 / Categories: Legislation
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Civil Procedure

Civil Procedure (Amendment No 2) Rules 2009 (SI 2009/3390)

Makes consequential amendments on the commencement of primary legislation:

  • Legal Services Act 2007; and
  • Tribunal Courts and Enforcement Act 2007.

Makes consequential amendments allowing service of documents on a party’s legal representative, qualified to practise in England and Wales but based in another EU member state, in order to comply with 2006/123/EC on Services in the Internal Market.

Transfers functions of Asylum and Immigration Tribunal to the First-tier and Upper Tribunals as part of the new unified tribunal structure established under the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007.

 

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