# County Court (Amendment No. 2) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1999, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Rules.)
These Rules amend the County Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981 by substituting a new Part II in Order 24 to give effect to the Civil Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1997.
As envisaged by Article 4(1) of the 1997 Order, where a hearsay statement is adduced in civil proceedings the maker of the statement may be called by another party and cross-examined as if the statement were his evidence in chief.
Where a party indicates that he intends to adduce hearsay evidence of a statement made by a person and will not call that person as a witness, any other party intending to attack the credibility of the person making the statement shall, so far as is reasonable, give notice of his intention to attack the person’s credibility.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1999/334/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-amendment-no-2-rules-northern-ireland-1999/note
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