{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-1981-amendment-no-3-rules-1982/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1982/1794",
  "legislation_title": "The County Court Rules 1981 (Amendment No. 3) Rules 1982",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-1981-amendment-no-3-rules-1982",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "These Rules amend the County Court Rules 1981 so as—\n(a) to give effect to section 97A of the County Courts Act 1959 as inserted by Schedule 1 to the Administration of Justice Act 1982 (c.53) which relates to the power of the court to award interest on debts and damages (Rules 2 and 3);\n(b) to give effect to section 7A of the Matrimonial Homes Act 1967 as inserted by section 2 of the Matrimonial Homes and Property Act 1981 which relates to proceedings in respect of a dwelling house subject to a mortgage (Rule 4);\n(c) to effect minor amendments (Rules 5 to 9);\n(d) to provide for orders for interim payment (Rule 10);\n(e) to provide for direct payment to a judgment creditor of money received under a foreign warrant (Rule 11);\n(f) to amend the provisions as to costs (Rules 12 to 22).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1982/1794/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T18:10:07.960433+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."
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