{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-rules-2000/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-rules-2000/article-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/221",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-rules-2000",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Amendments to Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "text": "In rule 12.3—\n(a) for paragraph (2), substitute—\n“(2) Judgment in default of defence may be obtained only—\n(a) where an acknowledgment of service has been filed but a defence has not been filed;\n(b) in a counterclaim made under rule 20.4, where a defence has not been filed,\nand, in either case, the relevant time limit for doing so has expired.”;\n(b) after paragraph (2), insert—\n“(Rule 20.4 makes general provision for a defendant’s counterclaim against a claimant, and rule 20.4(3) provides that Part 10 (acknowledgment of service) does not apply to a counterclaim made under that rule)”; and\n(c) in paragraph (3), for sub-paragraph (a) substitute—\n“(a) the defendant has applied—\n(i) to have the claimant’s statement of case struck out under rule 3.4; or\n(ii) for summary judgment under Part 24,\nand, in either case, that application has not been disposed of;”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/221/article/6",
    "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."
}