{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-30/rule-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-30/rule-5.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/30/rule/5",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Action to recover possession of goods under a hire-purchase agreement",
  "text": "An action to recover possession of goods under a hire-purchase agreement shall be commenced by civil bill stating the following particulars—\n(a) the date of the agreement and the parties thereto, with sufficient particulars to enable the debtor to identify the agreement;\n(b) where the plaintiff was not one of the original parties to the agreement, the means by which the rights and duties of the creditor under the agreement passed to him;\n(c) whether the agreement is a regulated agreement;\n(d) the goods claimed;\n(e) the total price;\n(f) the amount paid by or on behalf of the debtor;\n(g) the date when the right to demand recovery of the goods accrued;\n(h) the amount of arrears accrued at the date when the right to demand recovery of the goods accrued;\n(i) the amount of any further balance under the agreement (being the total price less (a) the amount paid and (b) any arrears); and\n(j) the amount (if any) claimed in addition to the delivery of the goods, stating the cause of action in respect of which each such claim is made.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1981/225/part/30/rule/5",
    "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."
}