{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-33.3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-33.3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/33.3",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "33.3",
  "heading": "Circumstances in which notice of intention to rely on hearsay evidence is not required",
  "text": "Section 2(1) of the Civil Evidence Act 1995 (duty to give notice of intention to rely on hearsay evidence) does not apply—\n(a) to evidence at hearings other than trials;\n(aa) to an affidavit or witness statement which is to be used at trial but which does not contain hearsay evidence;\n(b) to a statement which a party to a probate action wishes to put in evidence and which is alleged to have been made by the person whose estate is the subject of the proceedings; or\n(c) where the requirement is excluded by a practice direction.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Rule 33.3(aa) inserted (26.4.1999) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 1999 (S.I. 1999/1008), rules 1, 10"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 33.3 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/33.3",
    "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."
}