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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-26/rule-32",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-26/rule-32.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/26/rule/32",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "32",
  "heading": "Powers of [ the judge]",
  "text": "The judge has the power—\n(a) to administer oaths and take the affirmations of the parties and any witnesses who attend;\n(b) to order specific performance of a contract;\n(c) to make an interim decree;\n(d) to correct any clerical mistake in a decree;\n(e) without prejudice to Rule 19(a) and either on the application of any of the parties or of his own choosing, to set aside, vary or confirm any decree; or\n(f) to direct that an application in Form 125 be transferred to his civil bill list, provided he is satisfied that—\n(i) a difficult question of fact or law is involved; or\n(ii) fraud is alleged against a party; or\n(iii) the parties consent to the application being dealt with in that way; or\n(iv) it would be unreasonable for the application to be dealt with in a small claims hearing because of its subject matter, the circumstances of the parties or the interests of any other person likely to be affected by the outcome.",
  "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/26/rule/32",
    "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."
}