{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-courts-financial-limits-order-northern-ireland-2001/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-courts-financial-limits-order-northern-ireland-2001/note.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2001/67",
  "legislation_title": "The County Courts (Financial Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-courts-financial-limits-order-northern-ireland-2001",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order.)\nThis Order increases the jurisdiction of district judges in the county courts in Northern Ireland—\n(a) from £3,000 to £5,000 in respect of defended actions; and\n(b) from £1,000 to £2,000 in respect of arbitrations (small claims).",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2001/67/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:12:49.311557+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."
}