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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/high-court-and-county-courts-jurisdiction-order-1991/article-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/724",
  "legislation_title": "The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction Order 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/high-court-and-county-courts-jurisdiction-order-1991",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Allocation...",
  "text": "Subject to articles 4A, 5, 6, 6A to 6E, proceedings in which both the County Court and the High Court have jurisdiction may be commenced either in the County Court or in the High Court.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in art. 4 inserted (26.4.1999) by The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1014), arts. 1, 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 4 substituted (22.4.2014) by The High Court and County Court Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/821), arts. 1, 2(6)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in art. 4 substituted (22.4.2014) by The High Court and County Court Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/821), arts. 1, 2(6)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Order substituted (22.4.2014) by The High Court and County Court Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/821), arts. 1, 2(3)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in art. 4 heading omitted (22.4.2014) by virtue of The High Court and County Court Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/821), arts. 1, 2(6)(a)"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/724/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:47:37.934708+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."
}