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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-amendment-rules-1992/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-amendment-rules-1992/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1992/793",
  "legislation_title": "The County Court (Amendment) Rules 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-amendment-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—\n(a) to require a plaintiff requesting a warrant of possession to certify that the property has been vacated (rule 2);\n(b) to revise the provisions as to costs and to increase witness allowances and fixed costs (rules 3 to 10);\n(c) pursuant to provisions of the Planning and Compensation Act 1991, to enable injunctions to be granted in certain cases against persons whose identities are unknown to those applying for them (rule 11);\n(d) to make some miscellaneous amendments removing obsolete provisions (rules 12, 14 and 15);\n(e) to allow summary judgment to be given in civil actions for fraud (rule 13).\nRule\nCommencement\nRule 2\n1st June 1992\nSub-paragraph (c) of the new rule 6(1) inserted into Order 49 by rule 11,\nOn the day appointed for the commencement of section 26AA of the Hazardous Substances Act 1990.\nRemainder\n1st April 1992",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/793/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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