{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-amendment-no-2-rules-1991/article-42",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-amendment-no-2-rules-1991/article-42.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/1126",
  "legislation_title": "The County Court (Amendment No. 2) Rules 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-amendment-no-2-rules-1991",
  "path": "article/42",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "42",
  "heading": "Venue",
  "text": "After Order 9, rule 2(6) (as inserted by rule 29), there shall beinserted the following paragraphs—\n“(7) On receipt of the admission or defence, the proper officershall—\n(a) send a copy to the plaintiff together, in a case to which paragraph(1) of rule 3 relates, with a notice of the requirements of thatparagraph; and\n(b) where the defendant states in his defence that he has paid theamount claimed, request the plaintiff to confirm in writing that hewishes the proceedings to continue.\n(8) In an action for a liquidated sum, the proceedings shall beautomatically transferred to the defendant’s home court if the actionwas not commenced in that court—\n(a) on the filing of a defence, or\n(b) in a case to which paragraph (7)(b) applies, where the plaintiffconfirms in writing under that paragraph that he wishes the proceedingsto continue.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1126/article/42",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:44:43.018548+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."
}