{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/faculty-jurisdiction-rules-2015/rule-16.2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/faculty-jurisdiction-rules-2015/rule-16.2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/1568",
  "legislation_title": "The Faculty Jurisdiction Rules 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/faculty-jurisdiction-rules-2015",
  "path": "rule/16.2",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "16.2",
  "heading": "Form of application",
  "text": "(1) An application for an injunction or a restoration order is made by submitting an application in Form 16 to the registry to be issued by the registrar (but see rule 16.6 (interim orders)).\n(2) An application submitted under paragraph (1) must be accompanied by a witness statement made by the applicant or a person acting on the applicant’s behalf.\n(3) The witness statement that accompanies an application must—\n(a) give details of the facts and matters relied on in support of the application;\n(b) be verified by a statement of truth in the following form—\n“I believe that the facts stated in this witness statement are true.”; and\n(c) be signed and dated by the person making the statement.\n(4) Before the registrar issues an application made under paragraph (1) the registrar must enter details of the place and date of hearing in the relevant place in Form 16.",
  "extent": "E",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 16.2 in force at 1.1.2016, see rule 28.1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1568/rule/16.2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:33:22.575744+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."
}