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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rules-of-the-supreme-court-amendment-no-3-1982/note",
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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": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "These Rules amend the Rules of the Supreme Court so as—\n(a) to amend the definition of “official referee” and to amend the provision for pleadings in vacation (Rules 2 to 5);\n(b) to give effect to section 35A of the Supreme Court Act 1981 as inserted by Schedule 1 to the Administration of Justice Act 1982 which relates to the power of the Court to award interest on debts and damages (Rules 6 to 8);\n(c) to amend the provision for amendment of pleadings (Rule 9);\n(d) to make new provision for originating summons procedure (Rules 10 to 15);\n(e) to amend the provision for a summons for directions (Rule 16);\n(f) to make provision for a summary order for account on a counterclaim (Rule 17);\n(g) to amend the provision for appeals by way of case stated (Rule 18) and for commercial actions (Rule 19);\n(h) to give effect to section 20 of the Administration of Justice Act 1982 which relates to the rectification of wills (Rules 20 and 21);\n(i) to give effect to section 7A of the Matrimonial Homes Act 1967 as inserted by section 2 of the Matrimonial Homes and Property Act 1981 which relates to proceedings in respect of a dwelling house subject to mortgage (Rule 22);\n(j) to make minor amendments in relation to the payment out of funds in Court and charity proceedings (Rules 23 to 25).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1982/1786/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."
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