{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-55.20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-55.20.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/55.20",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "55.20",
  "heading": "When this section may be used",
  "text": "(1) This Section of this Part applies where the claimant seeks an Interim Possession Order.\n(2) In this Section—\n(a) “IPO” means Interim Possession Order; and\n(b) “premises” has the same meaning as in section 12 of the Criminal Law Act 1977.\n(3) Where this Section requires an act to be done within a specified number of hours, rule 2.8(4) does not apply.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 55 inserted (15.10.2001) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2001 (S.I. 2001/256), rule 1(d), Sch. 1 (with rule 31)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Pt. 55 Section 3 inserted (2.12.2002) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2002 (S.I. 2002/2058), rule 1(b), Sch. 3 Pt. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/55.20",
    "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."
}