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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-amendment-no-2-rules-1992/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1992/1965",
  "legislation_title": "The County Court (Amendment No. 2) Rules 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-amendment-no-2-rules-1992",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Rules)\nThese Rules amend the County Court Rules 1981 so as to—\n(a) provide for the compulsory exchange of witness statements (rules 2 to 5);\n(b) amend the provisions relating to proceedings referred to arbitration under Order 19 and, in particular, the small claims procedure following the recommendations of the Civil Justice Review Body (rules 6 to 8);\n(c) make minor amendments as a result of the coming into force of the Lugano Convention to which the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1991 (c. 12) gave effect (rules 9, 12 and 13);\n(d) make some miscellaneous amendments removing or revising obsolete provisions (rules 10, 11 and 19) and amendments consequential upon the amendments to Order 19 (rules 14 to 18)",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/1965/note",
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  "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."
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