{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-amendment-no-3-rules-1996/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-amendment-no-3-rules-1996/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/3218",
  "legislation_title": "The County Court (Amendment No. 3) Rules 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-amendment-no-3-rules-1996",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Hearsay evidence",
  "text": "Nothing in rule 2 shall apply to proceedings\n(a) in which directions have been given, or orders have been made, as to the evidence to be given at the trial or hearing, or\n(b) where the trial or hearing has begun\nbefore 31st January 1997.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/3218/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:28:50.914176+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."
}