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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-5/rule-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-5/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/5/rule/5",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Commencement of petition",
  "text": "(1) Subject to Order 28, proceedings under paragraphs (i), (k) and (l) of Article 14 of the Order shall be commenced by a petition in such one of Forms 33 to 36 as may be appropriate.\n(2) The petition and two copies thereof shall be delivered to the chief clerk at his office and he shall issue same by endorsing on the petition and on a copy a notice in Form 37 and shall file the petition, and return such endorsed copy for service.\n(3) The person delivering the petition shall cause such endorsed copy to be served in accordance with Order 6 on the person necessary to be served therewith.",
  "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/5/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."
}