{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-15.5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-15.5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/15.5",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "15.5",
  "heading": "Agreement extending the period for filing a defence",
  "text": "(1) The defendant and the claimant may agree to extend the period for filing a defence specified in rule 15.4 by up to 28 days.\n(2) Where the defendant and the claimant agree to extend the period for filing a defence, the defendant must notify the court in writing.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 15 substituted (1.10.2022) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2022 (S.I. 2022/783), rule 1(1), Sch. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/15.5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:12:59.276840+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."
}