{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-31.15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-31.15.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/31.15",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "31.15",
  "heading": "Inspection and copying of documents",
  "text": "Where a party has a right to inspect a document—\n(a) that party must give the party who disclosed the document written notice of their wish to inspect it;\n(b) the party who disclosed the document must permit inspection not more than 7 days after the date on which they received the notice; and\n(c) that party may request a copy of the document and, if they also undertake to pay reasonable copying costs, the party who disclosed the document must supply them with a copy not more than 7 days after the date on which they received the request.\n(Rule 31.3 and 31.14 deal with the right of a party to inspect a document)",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in rule 31.15(a) substituted (1.10.2026) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/817), rules 1(3), 10(9)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in rule 31.15(b) substituted (1.10.2026) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/817), rules 1(3), 10(9)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in rule 31.15(c) substituted (1.10.2026) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/817), rules 1(3), 10(9)(c)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in rule 31.15(c) substituted (1.10.2026) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/817), rules 1(3), 10(9)(c)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in rule 31.15(c) substituted (1.10.2026) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/817), rules 1(3), 10(9)(c)(iii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 31.15 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/31.15",
    "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."
}