The Rules of the Court of Judicature (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) 2013
These Rules amend the Rules of the Court of Judicature (Northern Ireland) 1980 (“the principal Rules”) for the purpose of implementing Part 2 of the Justice and Security Act 2013 (2013 c.18) (“the 2013 Act”) by—amending Order 1, rule 1A (application by the Court of the overriding objective), so that it is subject to rule 2 of Order 126 (modification to the overriding objective);amending Orders 13, 14 and 19 to ensure that judgment in default is not entered where the reason for a statement of claim or a defence not having been served is that the process of considering whether a declaration under section 6 of the 2013 Act should be applied for or made is still under way;amending Order 78 to provide for transfer to the High Court of proceedings in the county court in which sensitive material is in issue; andinserting a new Order 126 containing rules about proceedings in which sensitive material is in issue and it is necessary to ensure that such material is not disclosed where such disclosure would be damaging to the interests of national security (including the modification of the application of other Orders in the principal Rules for the purposes of those proceedings).