{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-25.17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-25.17.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/25.17",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "25.17",
  "heading": "Evidence",
  "text": "(1) An application must be supported by evidence on affidavit or affirmation.\n(2) The affidavit or affirmation must—\n(a) state the address of the premises and whether it is a private or business address;\n(b) state the name, firm and its address, and experience of the Supervising Solicitor and, where an imaging order is sought, the independent IT expert; and\n(c) fully disclose the reason the order is sought, including the probability that relevant material would disappear if the order were not made.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 25 substituted (6.4.2025) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2025 (S.I. 2025/106), rule 1(1), Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/25.17",
    "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."
}