{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-5.2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-5.2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/5.2",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "5.2",
  "heading": "Preparation of documents",
  "text": "(1) Where under these Rules, a document is to be prepared by the court, the document may be prepared by the party whose document it is, unless—\n(a) a court officer otherwise directs; or\n(b) it is a document to which—\n(i) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(ii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(iii) CCR Order 28, rule 11(1) (issue of warrant of committal),\napplies.\n(2) Nothing in this rule shall require a court officer to accept a document which is illegible, has not been duly authorised, or is unsatisfactory for some other similar reason.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Rule 5.2(1)(b)(i) omitted (25.3.2002) by virtue of The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 4) Rules 2001 (S.I. 2001/2792), rules 1(c), 3 (with rule 24)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Rule 5.2(1)(b)(ii) omitted (22.4.2014) by virtue of The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 4) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/867), rules 1, 6 (with rule 25)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 5.2 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/5.2",
    "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."
}