Who drafts or publishes the Civil Procedure Rules, and what is their legal status?
<p>Are they a form of statute that get periodic parliamentary passage/assent? Or a form of secondary legislation? Or is the root of their forcefulness more in the authority of the courts under common law?</p>

<p>At the time of writing, there <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/primary+secondary?title=Procedure%20rules" rel="nofollow noreferrer">642 various UK Procedure Rules and amendments</a>. These are all secondary legislation (discussed <a href="https://law.stackexchange.com/a/79118/35069">here</a>).</p>
<p>Taking the <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/759/contents" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Criminal Procedure Rules 2020</a> as an example, these Rules are made under primary legislation found at <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/39/section/69?timeline=false" rel="nofollow noreferrer">section 69 of the Courts Act 2003</a>:</p>
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<p>69 Criminal Procedure Rules</p>
<p>(1)There are to be rules of court (to be called “Criminal Procedure Rules”) governing the practice and procedure to be followed in the criminal courts.</p>
<p>(2)Criminal Procedure Rules are to be made by a committee known as the Criminal Procedure Rule Committee.</p>
<p>(3)The power to make Criminal Procedure Rules includes power to make different provision for different cases or different areas, including different provision—</p>
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<li><p>(a)for a specified court or description of courts, or</p>
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<li><p>(b)for specified descriptions of proceedings or a specified jurisdiction.</p>
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<p>(4)Any power to make Criminal Procedure Rules is to be exercised with a view to securing that—</p>
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<li><p>(a)the criminal justice system is accessible, fair and efficient, and</p>
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<li><p>(b)the rules are both simple and simply expressed</p>
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