{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-71.6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-71.6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/71.6",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "71.6",
  "heading": "Conduct of the hearing",
  "text": "(1) The person ordered to attend court will be questioned on oath.\n(2) The questioning will be carried out by a court officer unless the court has ordered that the hearing shall be before a judge.\n(3) The judgment creditor or his representative—\n(a) may attend and ask questions where the questioning takes place before a court officer; and\n(b) must attend and conduct the questioning if the hearing is before a judge.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 71 inserted (25.3.2002) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 4) Rules 2001 (S.I. 2001/2792), rule 1(c), Sch. 2 (with savings in rule 24 and S.I. 2001/4015, rule 43(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Pt. 71 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2007) by The Court of Protection Rules 2007 (S.I. 2007/1744), rules 1, 184(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Pt. 71 applied (6.4.2011) by The Family Procedure Rules 2010 (S.I. 2010/2955), rule 33.23 (with rules 2.1, 33.1(1))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/71.6",
    "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."
}