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(1) These Rules may be cited as the European Parliamentary Election Petition (Amendment) Rules 1999 and shall come into force on 10th June 1999.
(2) In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires, a rule referred to by number alone means the rule so numbered in the European Parliamentary Election Petition Rules 1979.
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In rule 2(3):–
(a) omit “, including the rules relating to the discovery and inspection of documents and the delivery of interrogatories,”; and
(b) for “action”, substitute “claim”.
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In rule 5(1) for “ex parte by summons”, substitute, “without notice being served on any Respondent within the meaning of Rule 6”.
4 
In rule 6(2):–
(a) for “writ of summons”, substitute “claim form”; and
(b) for “an affidavit of service”, substitute “a certificate of service”.
5 
In rule 7:–
(a) in paragraph (1), for “a summons”, substitute “an application notice”; and
(b) in paragraph (2):–
(i) for “summons”, substitute “application”; and
(ii) omit “in chambers”.
6 
In rule 9(1), for “summons”, substitute “application notice”.
7 
In rule 11, for “motion”, substitute “application notice”.
8 
In rule 12:–
(a) in paragraph (1), for “motion”, substitute “application notice”;
(b) in paragraph (2):–
(i) in sub-paragraph (a), for “notice of motion”, substitute “the application notice”; and
(ii) in sub-paragraph (b), for “motion”, substitute “application”;
(c) in paragraph (3), for “notice of motion”, substitute “application notice”; and
(d) in paragraph (4), before “notice”, insert “application”.
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In rule 13:–
(a) in paragraph (1), for “motion”, substitute “application notice”; and
(b) in paragraph (2), for “notice of application”, substitute “the application notice”.
10 
In rule 14(2), for “motion”, substitute “application notice”.
11 
In rule 16(3), for “motion”, substitute “application notice”.
12 
In rule 18(1):–
(a) for “the provisions of Order 3 of the Rules of the Supreme Court”, substitute “rules 2.8 to 2.11 of the Civil Procedure Rules 1998”; and
(b) for “Rules of the Supreme Court”, substitute “Civil Procedure Rules”.
Woolf M.R.
Richard Scott V-C.
Anthony May L.J.
John Leslie
Richard Holman
Godfrey Gypps
Henrietta Manners
Peter Haworth
Nicholas Chambers
Harriet Kimbell
David Greene
I allow these Rules which shall come into force on 10th June 1999.
Irvine of Lairg, C.
Dated 18th May 1999