{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rules-of-the-supreme-court-amendment-no-3-1982/article-17",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1982/1786",
  "legislation_title": "The Rules of the Supreme Court (Amendment No. 3) 1982",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rules-of-the-supreme-court-amendment-no-3-1982",
  "path": "article/17",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Order 43, rule 1 shall be amended as follows:—\n(1) After paragraph (1) there shall be inserted the following new paragraph:—\n“(1A) A defendant to an action begun by writ who has served a counterclaim, which includes a claim for an account or a claim which necessarily involves taking an account, on—\n(a) the plaintiff, or\n(b) any other party, or\n(c) any person who becomes a party by virtue of such service\nmay apply for an order under this rule.”.\n(2) In paragraph (3) the words “by the defendant by affidavit or otherwise” shall be omitted.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1982/1786/article/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T18:10:12.564656+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."
}