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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-25/chapter-2/rule-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-25/chapter-2/rule-15.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/25/chapter/2/rule/15",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Proceedings to be heard by the [ district judge]",
  "text": "[ . . .]\n[ . . .]\n[ . . .]\n(4) Any action listed for hearing by [ the judge] in which the defendant fails to appear at the hearing may be directed by [ the judge] to be heard by the [ district judge].\n[(5) The [ district judge] may refer to [ the judge] any action which he thinks should properly be decided by [ the judge] and [ the judge] may either dispose of the action or refer it back to the district judge with such directions as he thinks fit.]",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Paragraph (1) revoked by S.R. 2002 No. 255 with effect from 04.11.02"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Paragraph (2) revoked by S.R. 1995 No. 151 with effect from 01.09.95"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Paragraph (3) revoked by S.R. 1995 No. 151 with effect from 1.9.95"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Words amended by S.R. 2013 No. 19 with effect from 25.02.13"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "To be construed as such by S.R. 1991 No. 230 with effect from 28.06.91"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "Paragraph (5) inserted by S.R. 1988 No. 100 with effect from 01.08.88"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "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/25/chapter/2/rule/15",
    "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."
}