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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-rules-2000/article-12",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2000/221",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2000",
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  "path": "article/12",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Amendments to Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "text": "In Part 24—\n(a) after rule 24.1, insert—\n“(Part 53 makes special provision about summary disposal of defamation claims in accordance with the Defamation Act 1996)” and\n(b) in rule 24.4, after paragraph (3), insert—\n“(4) A practice direction may provide for a different period of notice to be given.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1996 c. 31."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/221/article/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:21:50.820274+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."
}