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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-registration-hearings-procedure-rules-2000/article-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-registration-hearings-procedure-rules-2000/article-16.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/2213",
  "legislation_title": "The Land Registration (Hearings Procedure) Rules 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-registration-hearings-procedure-rules-2000",
  "path": "article/16",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Absence of parties",
  "text": "(1) If any party does not attend and is not represented at any hearing of which he has received notice in accordance with these rules, the Registrar may:\n(a) unless he is satisfied that the reasons for absence are justified, hear and determine the application in the party’s absence; or\n(b) adjourn the hearing.\n(2) Before deciding any application in the absence of any party, the Registrar must consider all evidence and written representations already submitted by the absent party.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/2213/article/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T08:03:53.437495+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."
}