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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rules-of-the-supreme-court-northern-ireland-amendment-2008/rule-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rules-of-the-supreme-court-northern-ireland-amendment-2008/rule-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2008/22",
  "legislation_title": "The Rules of the Supreme Court (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rules-of-the-supreme-court-northern-ireland-amendment-2008",
  "path": "rule/2",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Rules of the Supreme Court (Northern Ireland) 1980",
  "text": "In Order 5—\n(1) for rule 6(2) substitute—\n“(2) Except as provided by paragraph (3), or under any other statutory provision, a body corporate may not begin or carry on any such proceedings otherwise than by a solicitor.”;\n(2) after rule 6(2) insert—\n“(3) A body corporate may begin and carry on any such proceedings by an employee if—\n(a) the employee has been authorised by the body corporate to begin and carry on proceedings on its behalf; and\n(b) the Court grants leave for the employee to do so.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1980 No. 346 to which the most recent relevant amendments were made by S.R. 2006 No.305 and S.R. 2007 No. 189"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2008/22/rule/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:38:09.120370+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."
}