{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-11/rule-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-11/rule-3.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1981/225",
  "legislation_title": "County Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981",
  "path": "part/11/rule/3",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Hearing",
  "text": "[ The judge or district judge as the case may be] at the hearing—\n(a) may give such directions or make such orders as he thinks appropriate for determining the issue between the parties; and\n(b) may pronounce such decree as the nature of the case may require and may make such order as to the costs and the third party proceedings as he considers just.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Words amended by S.R. 2013 No. 19 with effect from 25.02.13"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1981/225/part/11/rule/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:45:17.527867+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."
}