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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-76.2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-76.2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/76.2",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "76.2",
  "heading": "Modification to the overriding objective",
  "text": "(1) Where this Part applies, the overriding objective in Part 1, and so far as relevant any other rule, must be read and given effect in a way which is compatible with the duty set out in paragraph (2).\n(2) The court must ensure that information is not disclosed contrary to the public interest.\n(3) Subject to paragraph (2), the court must satisfy itself that the material available to it enables it properly to determine proceedings.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 76 inserted (14.3.2005) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2005 (S.I. 2005/656), rule 1, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/76.2",
    "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."
}