{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-rules-2014/rule-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-rules-2014/rule-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2014/407",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-rules-2014",
  "path": "rule/4",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "text": "In the Rules and in CCR Order 27—\n(a) unless amended elsewhere in these rules —\n(i) for “a county court”, in each place it occurs, substitute “the County Court”;\n(ii) for “county court”, in each place it occurs, substitute “County Court”;\n(iii) for “county courts”, in each place it occurs, substitute “the County Court”; and\n(iv) for “district judge”, in each place it occurs, substitute “District Judge” .",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Rule 4(a)(iv): full stop substituted for word (5.6.2014) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 5) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/1233), art. 1, rule 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 4 in force at 22.4.2014, see rule 2(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/407/rule/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:25:48.090857+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."
}