{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-56/rule-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-56/rule-3.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/56/rule/3",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Affixing and authentication of the seal",
  "text": "(1) The seal shall be affixed by or under the direction of the chief clerk to any document required by these Rules or any other enactment to be scaled with the county court seal.\n(2) Every seal affixed to any document shall, subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), be authenticated by the signature of the chief clerk or registrar and no authentication of the seal shall be necessary.\n(3) Where any order directs that the [ district judge] or other officer shall do any act or take any accounts or inquiries, the seal on such order shall be authenticated by the signature of the chief clerk, as the case may be, and no further authentication shall be necessary.\n(4) In the event of sickness or absence of the chief clerk, the seal may be authenticated and any certificate required by these rules may be given by such officer of the court as [ the judge] may from time to time direct.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "To be construed as such by S.R. 1991 No. 230 with effect from 28.06.91"
    },
    {
      "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/56/rule/3",
    "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."
}