{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-32/chapter-3/rule-6D",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-32/chapter-3/rule-6D.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/32/chapter/3/rule/6D",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "6D",
  "heading": "[ Late applications",
  "text": "(1) Notwithstanding the requirements of Rule 6B—\n(a) an application for a special measures direction may be made orally at the hearing of the appeal; or\n(b) the court may of its own motion raise the issue whether a special measures direction should be given.\n(2) Where an application is made in accordance with paragraph (1)(a)—\n(a) the applicant must state the reasons for the late application; and\n(b) the court must be satisfied that the applicant was unable to make the application in accordance with Rule 6B.\n(3) The court shall determine, before making a special measures direction—\n(a) whether to allow other parties to the appeal to make representations on the question;\n(b) the time allowed for making such representations (if any); and\n(c) whether the question should be determined following a hearing at which the parties to the appeal may be heard.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Rules 6D-6I inserted by S.R. 2003 No. 295 with effect from 30.06.03"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1981/225/part/32/chapter/3/rule/6D",
    "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."
}