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generally for 12 months to be determined without a hearing (rule 6);extend the rule permitting the amendment of pleadings without an order (rule 7);allow the proper officer, upon receipt of a case transferred from the High Court, to seek directions from the registrar as to its further treatment (rule 8);introduce a timetable for the issue and service of witness summonses and a leave requirement for issue of a witness summons in respect of a hearing for directions (rule 9);enable unopposed applications for variation of payments ordered under a judgment to be determined without a hearing (rule 10);require the applicant to provide the materials necessary for service of summary proceedings for recovery of open land (rule 11);enable unopposed applications to suspend a warrant of execution to be determined without a hearing (rule 12);require service of copies of a charging order nisi to be effected by the judgment creditor (rule 14);enable a litigant in person to claim as costs the cost of receiving legal advice (rule 15);to effect amendments of a minor and consequential nature (rules 2, 13 and 16).", "citation": "S.I. 1989/236", "type": "uksi", "year": "1989", "number": "236", "version": "current", "date": "1989-02-21", "revised": false, "valid_from": null, "extent": null, "unapplied_effects": 0, "provisions": [ { "path": "introduction", "kind": "introduction", "number": null, "heading": "Introductory text", "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-amendment-rules-1989/introduction", "extent": null, "status": null, "parent": null }, { "path": "article/1", "kind": "article", "number": "1", "heading": "Citation and interpretation", "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-amendment-rules-1989/article-1", "extent": null, "status": null, "parent": null }, { "path": "article/2", "kind": "article", "number": "2", "heading": "Mortgage action", "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-amendment-rules-1989/article-2", "extent": null, "status": null, 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