(1) Subject to the provisions of these Rules and to any enactment, the CPR 2000 shall apply to non-contentious probate matters, except that nothing in Part 3 of the CPR 2000 shall prevent time from running in the Long Vacation.
(2) Subject in any particular case to a direction given by a judge or the registrar, these Rules shall apply to any proceedings which are pending on the date on which they came into force as well as to any proceedings commenced or later that date.