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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-rules-2015/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-rules-2015/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/406",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-rules-2015",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Senior Courts Of England And Wales\nCounty Court, England And Wales\nApproved by both Houses of ParliamentMade 26th February 2015\nLaid before Parliament 27th February 2015\nComing into force in accordance with rule 1\nThe Lord Chancellor makes the following Rules in exercise of the power conferred by paragraph 7 of Schedule 3 to the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 (“the 2015 Act”) to make rules under section 1 of the Civil Procedure Act 1997 and paragraphs 2 to 4 and 6 of Schedule 3 to the 2015 Act.\nBefore making these Rules, the Lord Chancellor has consulted the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales in accordance with paragraph 7(2)(a) of Schedule 3 to the 2015 Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2015 c. 6."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1997 c.12. Section 1 was substituted by section 82(1) of the Courts Act 2003 (c.39) and further amended by the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c.4), sections 15 and 146 and Schedule 4, paragraphs 261 and 262 and Schedule 18."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/406/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:45:59.076697+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."
}