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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-no-2-rules-2017/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2017/889",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-no-2-rules-2017",
  "path": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThese Rules amend the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 (SI 1998/3132), by—\namending Part 3 to make clear the court’s power to require proceedings to be heard before a Divisional Court of the High Court;\namending Part 47 to refer to provision now made by Practice Direction 47;\namending Part 52 to include a reference to the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 and to make clear that “rolled-up” hearings of applications for permission to appeal and the appeal remain possible;\namending Part 59 to reflect the change of name of the Mercantile Court to the Circuit Commercial Court and making consequential amendments to Parts 30, 52, 61 and 62;\namending Part 78 to give effect to changes in the EU Regulation establishing a European small claims procedure;\namending Part 83 to require the court’s permission for issue of a writ of possession to enforce a notice of eviction under the Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22) as amended.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/889/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:08:16.427115+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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