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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-12A/rule-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-12A/rule-9.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/12A/rule/9",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Leave to defend",
  "text": "On dismissing an application, the judge may—\n(a) give a defendant leave to defend the action with respect to the claim, or the part of a claim to which the application related, either unconditionally or on such terms as to giving security or time as he thinks fit; or\n(b) order the defendant or, where the defendant is a body corporate, any director, manager, secretary or other similar officer thereof, or any person purporting to act in any such capacity—\n(i) to produce any document; or\n(ii) if it appears to the judge that there are special circumstances which make it desirable that that person should do so, to attend and be examined on oath.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Order 12A inserted (6.1.2023) by The County Court (Amendment No. 2) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R 2022/252), rule 1, Sch. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1981/225/part/12A/rule/9",
    "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."
}