{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-23.6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-23.6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/23.6",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "23.6",
  "heading": "What an application notice must include",
  "text": "An application notice must state—\n(a) what order the applicant is seeking; and\n(b) briefly, why the applicant is seeking the order.\n(Part 22 requires an application notice to be verified by a statement of truth if the applicant wishes to rely on matters set out in the application notice as evidence)",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in rule 23.6 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(6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 23.6 in force at 26.4.1999, see Signature"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/23.6",
    "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."
}