{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-1996/schedule-n2/crossheading-hirepurchase",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-1996/schedule-n2/crossheading-hirepurchase.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1996/19",
  "legislation_title": "County Court (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "schedule/n2/crossheading/hirepurchase",
  "kind": "crossheading",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "HIRE-PURCHASE",
  "text": "Where an order is made for recovery of possession of goods let under a hire-purchase agreement, the prima facie value of the goods for the purpose of costs shall be the total price less (a) the amount paid, and (b) the amount of arrears (if any) awarded by the decree or order, but this value may be varied by the Judge in his discretion and the costs shall be of the same amount as in proceedings for the recovery of a sum of money equal to the said value of the goods.\nWhere a decree for arrears of instalments and/or damages is coupled with an order for recovery of possession of goods the amount thereof shall be added to the value of the goods as ascertained as above for the purpose of fixing the amount of the costs.\nIn any proceedings on foot of a hire-purchase agreement for recovery of possession of goods or for arrears of instalments or for damages for breach of the said agreement where such proceedings are undefended the costs shall be in accordance with Part I, Table 3 and in other cases Part I, Table 1 or 2.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/19/schedule/n2/crossheading/hirepurchase",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:38:01.089729+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."
}