{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-8.3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-8.3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/8.3",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "8.3",
  "heading": "Acknowledgment of service",
  "text": "(1) The defendant must—\n(a) file an acknowledgment of service in the relevant practice form not more than 14 days after service of the claim form; and\n(b) serve the acknowledgment of service on the claimant and any other party.\n(2) The acknowledgment of service must state—\n(a) whether the defendant contests the claim; and\n(b) if the defendant seeks a different remedy from that set out in the claim form, what that remedy is.\n(3) The following rules of Part 10 (acknowledgment of service) apply—\n(a) rule 10.3(2) (exceptions to the period for filing an acknowledgment of service); and\n(b) rule 10.5 (contents of acknowledgment of service).\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Rule 8.3(4) omitted (25.3.2002) by virtue of The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 5) Rules 2001 (S.I. 2001/4015), rules 1(c), 11"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in rule 8.3 omitted (1.10.2013) by virtue of The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.7) Rules 2013 (S.I. 2013/1974), rules 2, 6(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 8.3 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/8.3",
    "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."
}