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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/2058",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2002",
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  "number": "68.2",
  "heading": "Making of order of reference",
  "text": "(1) An order may be made at any stage of the proceedings—\n(a) by the court of its own initiative; or\n(b) on an application by a party in accordance with Part 23.\n(2) An order may not be made—\n(a) in the High Court, by a Master or district judge;\n(b) in a county court, by a district judge.\n(3) The request to the European Court for a preliminary ruling must be set out in a schedule to the order, and the court may give directions on the preparation of the schedule.",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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