The Lord Chancellor may (as with other rule committees) give the OPRC written notice that the Lord Chancellor thinks that the online rules should include provision to achieve a specified purpose. The Committee must on being given such a notice make the rules within a reasonable period and in accordance with the procedure for making rules, outlined above. Although rarely used, it is a matter of expediency that the appropriate Minister should be able to direct the Committee to make rules, which might be required as a matter of urgency, without additional procedure. This is consistent with current powers in section 3A of the Civil Procedure Act 1997, section 79A of the Courts Act 2003 and Part 3 of Schedule 5 to the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007.
Part 2: Courts, tribunals and coroners Chapter 2: Online procedure Section 27: Power to require Online Procedure Rules to be made