S T A T U T O R Y I N S T R U M E N T S 2021 No. 553 (L. 8)  SENIOR COURTS OF ENGLAND AND WALES  COUNTY COURT, ENGLAND AND WALES  The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2021  Made - - - - 4th May 2021  Laid before Parliament 6th May 2021  Coming into force in accordance with rule 2  The Civil Procedure Rule Committee, having power under section 2 of the Civil Procedure Act  1997( a ) to make rules under section 1 of and Schedule 1 to the Act and after fulfilling the  requirements of section 2(6) of that Act, makes the following Rules.  1.  These Rules may be cited as the Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2021.  2. —(1) Rule 3 comes into force on 31st May 2021.  (2) Rule 4 comes into force on the 21st day after the day on which these Rules are laid before  Parliament.  3. —(1) Part 27 of the Civil Procedure Rules 1998( b ) is amended in accordance with paragraphs  (2) and (3) of this rule.  4.  In rule 6 of the Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2021( c )—  (2) In rule 27.4(3)(a)(ii), for “Practice Direction 27”, substitute “Practice Direction 27A”.  (3) In rule 27.14(2), in sub-paragraphs (b), (e) and (f), for “Practice Direction 27”, in each place  it appears, substitute “Practice Direction 27A”.  (a) after the words “In rule 27.2”, omit the words “, for paragraph (2B) substitute”; and  Amendment to the Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2021  Amendments to Part 27 of the Civil Procedure Rules 1998  Citation and commencement  ( a ) 1997 c. 12. Section 2(1) was substituted by the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), section 15 and Schedule 4, Part 1.  Section 1(3) was substituted by section 82(1) of the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39) and further amended by the Constitutional  Reform Act 2005, sections 15 and 146 and Schedule 4, Part 1, paragraphs 261 and 262 and Schedule 18. Section 1(1) was  amended by the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), section 17(5) and Schedule 9, Part 3, paragraph 67(a).  ( b ) S.I. 1998/3132. There are relevant amendments in S.I. 2010/621, S.I. 2013/262 and S.I. 2021/196.  ( c )  S.I. 2021/196.  This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of defects in S.I. 2021/196 and is being  issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument. 