{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lay-representatives-rights-of-audience-order-1999/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/1225",
  "legislation_title": "The Lay Representatives (Rights of Audience) Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lay-representatives-rights-of-audience-order-1999",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), any person may exercise rights of audience in proceedings dealt with as a small claim in accordance with rules of court.\n(2) A lay representative may not exercise any right of audience:–\n(a) where his client does not attend the hearing;\n(b) at any stage after judgment; or\n(c) on any appeal brought against any decision made by the district judge in the proceedings.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1225/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:49:14.864787+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."
}