{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-no-5-rules-2001/article-15",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/4015",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 5) Rules 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-no-5-rules-2001",
  "path": "article/15",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "text": "In rule 20.6—\n(a) at the beginning, insert “(1)”;\n(b) after paragraph (1), insert—\n“(2) A defendant may file and serve a notice under this rule—\n(a) without the court’s permission, if he files and serves it—\n(i) with his defence; or\n(ii) if his claim for contribution or indemnity is against a defendant added to the claim later, within 28 days after that defendant files his defence; or\n(b) at any other time with the court’s permission.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/4015/article/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:18:38.999766+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."
}