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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-small-claim-rules-1988/schedule/paragraph-40",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1976",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Sederunt (Small Claim Rules) 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-small-claim-rules-1988",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/40",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "40",
  "heading": "Preliminary hearing",
  "text": "(1) A preliminary hearing shall be held on the date specified in the summons.\n(2) Where the defender does not appear or is not represented at the preliminary hearing, decree may be granted against him.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1976/schedule/paragraph/40",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:55:02.205881+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."
}