{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-rules-2000/schedule-1/paragraph-6.23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-rules-2000/schedule-1/paragraph-6.23.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/221",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-rules-2000",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/6.23",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6.23",
  "heading": "Period for filing a defence where the claim form is served out of the jurisdiction under rule 6.19",
  "text": "(1) This rule sets out the period for filing a defence where a claim form has been served out of the jurisdiction under rule 6.19.\n(Part 15 contains rules about the defence)\n(2) If the claim form is to be served under rule 6.19(1) in Scotland, Northern Ireland or in the European territory of another Contracting State the period is—\n(a) 21 days after service of the particulars of claim; or\n(b) if the defendant files an acknowledgment of service, 35 days after service of the particulars of claim.\n(3) If the claim form is to be served under rule 6.19(1) in any other territory of a Contracting State the period is—\n(a) 31 days after service of the particulars of claim; or\n(b) if the defendant files an acknowledgment of service, 45 days after service of the particulars of claim.\n(4) If the claim form is to be served under—\n(a) rule 6.19(1) in a country not referred to in paragraphs (2) or (3); or\n(b) rule 6.19(2),\nthe period is set out in the relevant practice direction.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/221/schedule/1/paragraph/6.23",
    "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."
}