{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-no2-rules-2004/article-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-no2-rules-2004/article-9.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2004/2072",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.2) Rules 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-no2-rules-2004",
  "path": "article/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "After rule 23.11 insert—\n“Dismissal of totally without merit applications\n23.12 If the court dismisses an application and it considers that the application is totally without merit—\n(a) the court’s order must record that fact; and\n(b) the court must at the same time consider whether it is appropriate to make a civil restraint order.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 9 in force at 1.10.2004, see rule 1(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2072/article/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:20:29.108068+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."
}