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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-no-4-rules-2003/article-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/2113",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 4) Rules 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-no-4-rules-2003",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "text": "In rule 20.8(1)—\n(a) in sub-paragraph (a), after “counterclaim” insert “against an existing party only”; and\n(b) in sub-paragraph (b), for “the party making the Part 20 claim files his defence”, substitute “the Part 20 claim is issued by the court”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/2113/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:01:26.051300+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."
}