{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-14/chapter-1/rule-3",
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  "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/14/chapter/1/rule/3",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Directions",
  "text": "In any action or matter [ the judge] or, where the application is authorised to be made to the [ district judge], the [ district judge] may at any time on the application on notice of any party or of his own motion give such directions as he thinks proper.",
  "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"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "To be construed as such by S.R. 1991 No. 230 with effect from 28.6.91"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1981/225/part/14/chapter/1/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."
}