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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/part-23",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "part/23",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "GENERAL RULES ABOUT APPLICATIONS FOR COURT ORDERS",
  "text": "Contents of this Part\nDefinitions\nRule 23.1\nWhere to make an application\nRule 23.2\nApplication notice to be filed\nRule 23.3\nNotice of an application\nRule 23.4\nTime when an application is made\nRule 23.5\nWhat an application notice must include\nRule 23.6\nService of a copy of an application notice\nRule 23.7\nApplications which may be decided without a hearing\nRule 23.8\nService of order and application where application made without notice\nRule 23.9\nApplication to set aside or vary order made without notice\nRule 23.10\nPower of the court to proceed in the absence of a party\nRule 23.11\nApplications that are totally without merit\nRule 23.12",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in Pt. 23 Table of Contents substituted (1.10.2023 immediately after S.I. 2023/572 comes into force) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/788), rules 1(1), 14(1)(a)"
    },
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      "type": "F",
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      "text": "Word in Pt. 23 Table of Contents substituted (1.10.2023 immediately after S.I. 2023/572 comes into force) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/788), rules 1(1), 14(1)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Pt. 23 Table of Contents inserted (1.10.2023 immediately after S.I. 2023/572 comes into force) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/788), rules 1(1), 14(1)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Pt. 23 Table of Contents substituted (1.10.2023 immediately after S.I. 2023/572 comes into force) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/788), rules, 1(1) 14(1)(d"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/part/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:12:59.276840+00:00"
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  "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."
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