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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rules-of-the-supreme-court-amendment-no-3-1986/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1986/2289",
  "legislation_title": "The Rules of the Supreme Court (Amendment No. 3) 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rules-of-the-supreme-court-amendment-no-3-1986",
  "path": "note",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "These Rules amend the Rules of the Supreme Court 1965 so as to—\n(a) make a consequential amendment relating to examinations and increase the fees payable to the examiners of the Court (rules 2 and 3);\n(b) provide for appeals from value added tax tribunals to the Court of Appeal under the Finance Act 1985 (*rules 4 to 6);\n(c) incorporate into the Rules a practice direction on arbitration proceedings (rule 7);\n(d) make consequential amendments following the coming into force of the Merchant Shipping Act 1979 (rule 8);\n(e) amend the procedure for issuing warrants of arrest in Admiralty actions (rule 9);\n(f) provide for appeals to the High Court under the Stamp Duty Reserve Tax (Administration) Regulations 1986 (rule 10);\n(g) make consequential amendments relating to inheritance tax (rule 10);\n(h) give effect to section 48 of the Administration of Justice Act 1985 (action taken in reliance on counsel's opinion) (rule 11);\n(i) make consequential amendments following the coming into force of the Companies Act 1985 (rules 12 and 13);\n(j) amend the summary procedure for the possession of land (rule 14);\n(k) provide for applications to the High Court under the Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986 (*rules 15 to 17).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/2289/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:34:54.974979+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."
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