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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-rules-1999/schedule-1/paragraph-8",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/1008",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-rules-1999",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Response of acquitted person",
  "text": "(1) If the acquitted person wishes to respond to the application, he shall, within 28 days of service on him of notice under rule 6, file in the Crown Office a witness statement or affidavit which–\n(a) deals with the conditions in section 55(1), (2) and (4) of the Act; and\n(b) exhibits any relevant documents (which may include a copy of any record of court proceedings).\n(2) The acquitted person shall, within 4 days of the filing of the documents mentioned in paragraph (1), serve copies of them on the prosecutor.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1008/schedule/1/paragraph/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:52:09.986560+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."
}