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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-trustee-rules-1983/article-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-trustee-rules-1983/article-17.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1983/370",
  "legislation_title": "The Judicial Trustee Rules 1983",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-trustee-rules-1983",
  "path": "article/17",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Notwithstanding any provisions contained in the Rules of the Supreme Court, an originating summons may be issued out of a district registry for the purpose of an application to appoint a judicial trustee.\n(2) Where a judicial trustee is appointed on a summons or motion or in a cause or matter proceeding in a district registry all proceedings with respect to the trust and the administration thereof under the Act or these Rules shall, subject to paragraph (3) of this rule, be taken in the district registry.\n(3) The Court may transfer any trust of which there is a judicial trustee from a district registry to Chancery Chambers or from Chancery Chambers to a district registry, or from one district registry to another, according as it appears convenient for the administration of the trust.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1983/370/article/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T18:04:50.728346+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."
}