{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-40.15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-40.15.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/40.15",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "40.15",
  "heading": "Scope of this Section",
  "text": "(1) This Section—\n(a) deals with the court’s power to order the sale, mortgage, partition or exchange of land; and\n(b) contains provisions about conveyancing counsel.\n(Section 131 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 provides for the appointment of the conveyancing counsel of the Supreme Court)\n(2) In this Section “land” includes any interest in, or right over, land.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 40 Section 2 inserted (2.5.2000) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2000 (S.I. 2000/221), rule 1(b), Sch. 4 Pt. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/40.15",
    "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."
}