{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-65.31",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-65.31.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/65.31",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "65.31",
  "heading": "Scope of this Section and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Section applies to applications in proceedings in the County Court under sub-sections (2), (3) or (5) of section 4 of the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 by a relevant authority, and to applications for interim orders under section 9 of that Act.\n(2) In this Section—\n(a) “the 2006 Act” means the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006;\n(b) “relevant authority” has the same meaning as in section 14(1) of the 2006 Act; and\n(c) “the principal proceedings” means any proceedings in the County Court.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 65 inserted (30.6.2004) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2004 (S.I. 2004/1306), rule 1(b), Sch. 2 (with rule 20(2)(a))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Pt. 65 Section 6 inserted (31.8.2009) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2009 (S.I. 2009/2092), rule 1(3), Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Rules substituted (22.4.2014) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/407), rules 2(1), 4(a)(i); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/65.31",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:12:59.276840+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."
}