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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-32/chapter-5/rule-7",
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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/5/rule/7",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order the expression—\n[ “the 2003 Act” means the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003;] and\n[ “the 1999 Act” means the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999;].\n“the 1999 Order” means the Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order”.\n[ “the 2004 Order” means the Criminal Justice (Evidence) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004;].\n“enactment” means an Act or statutory instrument or any provision of an Act or statutory instrument;\n[ “process” has the same meaning as in section 51(3) of the 2003 Act;].\n“Supreme Court” includes any division or [judge] of that Court;\n“tribunal” means any court, authority, body or person making the order.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Words inserted by S.R. 2004 No. 463 with effect from 29.11.04"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Words inserted by S.R. 2005 No. 143 with effect from 18.04.05"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Words amended by S.R. 2013 No. 19 with effect from 25.02.13"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1981/225/part/32/chapter/5/rule/7",
    "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."
}