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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-52/chapter-2/rule-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-52/chapter-2/rule-9.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/52/chapter/2/rule/9",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Power to interview the patient",
  "text": "(1) For the purpose of determining an application under Part II of the Order the judge may interview the patient either in the presence of or separately from the parties and either at the court or elsewhere.\n(2) [ The judge] may direct the [ district judge] to interview the patient as provided for by paragraph (1) and report to [ the judge] in writing.]",
  "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": "To be construed as such by S.R. 1991 No. 230 with effect from 28.06.91"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1981/225/part/52/chapter/2/rule/9",
    "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."
}