{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lay-representatives-rights-of-audience-order-1992/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lay-representatives-rights-of-audience-order-1992/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1992/1966",
  "legislation_title": "The Lay Representatives (Rights of Audience) Order 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lay-representatives-rights-of-audience-order-1992",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order gives lay representatives rights of audience in small claims cases dealt with by arbitration in county courts. Small claims are those in which the sum claimed or amount involved does not exceed £1,000; unless the court orders otherwise, they are automatically referred for arbitration by the district judge upon the receipt by the court of a defence to the claim.\nThe lay representative cannot be heard if the lay client he represents does not attend the hearing.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/1966/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:17:29.731210+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."
}