{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-55.31",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-55.31.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/55.31",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "55.31",
  "heading": "Scope",
  "text": "(1) The procedure set out in this Section of this Part must be used where the claim is a Renting Homes possession claim.\n(Where a prohibited conduct standard contract order claim is made in the same claim form in which a Renting Homes possession claim is made, this Section of this Part applies. Where the claim is a prohibited conduct standard contract order claim only, Section III of Part 65 applies.)\n(2) This Section of this Part—\n(a) is subject to any enactment or practice direction which sets out special provisions with regard to any particular category of claim;\n(b) does not apply where the claimant uses the procedure set out in Section V of this Part;\n(c) applies irrespective of whether an application for an extended possession order may be made in the course of the Renting Homes possession claim.",
  "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 4 inserted (1.12.2022) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2022 (S.I. 2022/783), rules 1(2), 22(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/55.31",
    "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."
}