Part 5 – Miscellaneous Power to strike out certain claims Section 194: Strategic litigation against public participation: requirement to make rules of court
This section sets out the mandatory requirement for Civil Procedure Rules to tackle SLAPPs.
	Subsection (1) contains the dismissal test to be applied by courts in determining whether to strike out SLAPP claims, being whether the claimant can show they are more likely than not to succeed at trial and the requirement that the claimant must satisfy the court of the likelihood of success for the claim to proceed.
	Subsections (2), (3) and (4) contain the duty on the Civil Procedure Rule Committee to make the corresponding rules, including rules that provide the costs protection for the defendants.
	Subsection (5) contains the power for the Lord Chancellor by regulations to require corresponding provisions in other rules of court which, when exercised, will entail amendment to the Act specifying those rules of court.