{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-9.2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-9.2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/9.2",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "9.2",
  "heading": "Defence, admission or acknowledgment of service",
  "text": "When particulars of claim are served on a defendant, the defendant may—\n(a) file or serve an admission in accordance with Part 14;\n(b) file a defence in accordance with Part 15,\n(or do both, if he admits only part of the claim); or\n(c) file an acknowledgment of service in accordance with Part 10.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in rule 9.2 omitted (6.4.2010) by virtue of The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.2) Rules 2009 (S.I. 2009/3390), rules 1(2), 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 9.2 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/9.2",
    "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."
}