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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/schedule-1/part-59/paragraph-Rule31",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/schedule-1/part-59/paragraph-Rule31.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "schedule/1/part/59/paragraph/Rule31",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "Rule 31",
  "heading": "Evidence in support of an application for registration of a British Islands order",
  "text": "(1) An application for registration of a British Islands order must be supported by a witness statement or affidavit—\n(a) exhibiting the order or a certified copy thereof, and\n(b) which shall, to the best of the witness’s ability, give particulars of such property in respect of which the order was made as is in England and Wales, and specify the person or persons holding such property.\n(2) Unless the Court otherwise directs, a witness statement or affidavit for the purposes of this rule may contain statements of information or belief with the sources and grounds thereof.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 RSC Order 115 rule 31(1) substituted (1.10.2010) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.2) Rules 2010 (S.I. 2010/1953), rules 1(2), 11(13)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 RSC Order 115 rule 31 heading substituted (1.10.2010) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.2) Rules 2010 (S.I. 2010/1953), rules 1(2), 11(12)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/schedule/1/part/59/paragraph/Rule31",
    "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."
}