{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rules-of-the-supreme-court-amendment-no-2-1979/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1979/402",
  "legislation_title": "The Rules of the Supreme Court (Amendment No. 2) 1979",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rules-of-the-supreme-court-amendment-no-2-1979",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "These Rules amend the Rules of the Supreme Court so as—\n(a) to allow service by post in many situations in which personal service is required under the existing rules (rules 2 to 14);\n(b) to change the rules in respect of joinder of parties and the enforcement of a judgment for contribution or indemnity, following the coming into force of the Civil Liability (Contribution) Act 1978 (rules 15 and 16);\n(c) to make minor changes in Appendix 2 to Order 62, regarding the taxation of costs (rule 17); and\n(d) to allow two months for the service of an application for a new tenancy under Part II of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 instead of one month, as at present (rule 18).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1979/402/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T19:19:44.142864+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."
}