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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-14/chapter-2/rule-12",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1981/225",
  "legislation_title": "County Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981",
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  "path": "part/14/chapter/2/rule/12",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Part of this Order—\n(a) “an ADR process” means mediation, conciliation or another dispute resolution process approved by [ the judge], but does not include arbitration;\n(b) “[ judge]” includes District [ judge]; and\n(c) “party” includes the personal representative of a deceased party.",
  "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": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1981/225/part/14/chapter/2/rule/12",
    "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."
}