{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-funds-amendment-no-2-rules-northern-ireland-1997/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1997/295",
  "legislation_title": "Court Funds (Amendment No. 2) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-funds-amendment-no-2-rules-northern-ireland-1997",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Rules.)\nThese Rules amend the Court Funds Rules (Northern Ireland) 1979 so as to:\n(a) provide for interest to accrue on lodgments of money paid in satisfaction of a plaintiff’s claim in court;\n(b) make clear that the rates of interest prescribed in respect of two accounts maintained by the Court Funds Office, namely the deposit account and short-term investment account, are annual rates;\n(c) increase from £1500 to £5000 the sum which may be paid out of court to representatives of deceased persons in certain circumstances;\n(d) provide for payment out of court of money by means of the Bankers Automated Clearing System in addition to payment by cheque.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/295/note",
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  },
  "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."
}