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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rules-of-the-supreme-court-amendment-1979/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1979/35",
  "legislation_title": "The Rules of the Supreme Court (Amendment) 1979",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rules-of-the-supreme-court-amendment-1979",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "These Rules amend the Rules of the Supreme Court so as—\n(a)to prevent the plaintiff from obtaining a judgment in default of a defence if a summons under Order 86 has been served (rule 2);\n(b)to allow a respondent the same time for appealing against the decision of the court below as he has, under the existing rules, for serving a respondent's notice (rule 3);\n(c)to introduce a new and simpler scheme in Appendix 2 to Order 62 for the taxation of costs (rules 4 and 5);\n(d)to substitute new fixed costs for the basic costs allowable under Appendix 3 to Order 62 where the sum recovered is either £350 or between £350 and £1,200 (rule 6); and\n(e)to extend Order 73, rule 10, so as to cover the enforcement of awards under the Arbitration Act 1975 (c. 3) (rule 7).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1979/35/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T19:23:11.669612+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."
}