{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-45/chapter-3/rule-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-45/chapter-3/rule-4.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/45/chapter/3/rule/4",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Application for payment out, etc.",
  "text": "Where a person desires to apply to the court for the investment or payment out of any money or securities paid into court, the following provisions shall apply—\n(a) the application shall be made to [ the judge or district judge as the case may be] ex parte,\n(b) [ the judge or district judge as the case may be] on the hearing of the application may require, notice of the application to be served on such persons as he thinks fit, and fix a day for the further hearing,\n(c) evidence in support of the application may be given by affidavit or in such other manner as [ the judge or district judge as the case may be] may direct.",
  "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"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "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/45/chapter/3/rule/4",
    "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."
}