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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rules-of-the-supreme-court-northern-ireland-amendment-no2-2008/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2008/401",
  "legislation_title": "The Rules of the Supreme Court (Northern Ireland) (Amendment No.2) 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rules-of-the-supreme-court-northern-ireland-amendment-no2-2008",
  "path": "note",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Rules)\nThese Rules amend the Rules of the Supreme Court (Northern Ireland) 1980 (SR 1980/346) so as to—\nassign proceedings under Schedule 1 to the Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007 [c.20] to the Family Division of the High Court by amending Order 1, rule 12 (rule 2(1));\nmake a small number of amendments in consequence of the transfer of probate business from Family Division to Chancery Division (rules 2(2), (4)(b), (5) and (6));\namend Order 83 to take account of changes made to the Consumer Credit Act 1974 by the Consumer Credit Act 2006 in relation to unfair relationships in connection with credit agreements (rule 2(3)); and\nprescribe the procedure for applications to the High Court under the Companies (Cross-Border Mergers) Regulations 2007 (“the Regulations”) by inserting new rules 1(2)(t) and 17-21 into Order 93 to add a reference to the 2007 Regulations and prescribe the procedure for making an application under the Regulations (rules 2(4)(a) and (c)).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2008/401/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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