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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-32/chapter-3/rule-6G",
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  "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/6G",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "6G",
  "heading": "Application for special measures direction for witness to give evidence by means of a live link",
  "text": "(1) Where the application for a special measures direction is made in accordance with Rule 6B(2)(a), for a witness to give evidence by means of a live link, the following provisions of this Rule shall also apply.\n(2) [ . . .] A party who seeks to oppose an application for [ a child witness] to give evidence by means of a live link must, in order to comply with Rule 6B(6), state why in his view the giving of a special measures direction would not be likely to maximise the quality of the witness’s evidence.\n[ . . .]",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Words omitted by S.R. 2011 No. 421 with effect from 01.01.12"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Words inserted by S.R. 2004 No. 463 with effect from 29.11.04"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Paragraphs (3) and (4) omitted by S.R. 2011 No. 421 with effect from 01.01.12"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1981/225/part/32/chapter/3/rule/6G",
    "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."
}