{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-functions-of-authorised-persons-civil-proceedings-rules-2020/schedule/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2020/284",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates’ Courts (Functions of Authorised Persons – Civil Proceedings) Rules 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-functions-of-authorised-persons-civil-proceedings-rules-2020",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Functions exercisable by any authorised court officer",
  "text": "An authorised court officer may—\n(a) fix, cancel or vary the date, time or place for a hearing, including a trial, or adjourn a hearing;\n(b) adjourn, remit or transfer proceedings from one local justice area to another;\n(c) determine an application to extend a time limit set by a rule or by the court, unless the effect would be—\n(i) to affect the date of any hearing that has been fixed, including a trial; or\n(ii) significantly to affect the progress of the case in any other way;\n(d) issue a summons at the request of a public authority;\n(e) give a complainant permission to withdraw a case;\n(f) fix the date, time and place of a hearing;\n(g) amend the local justice area or responsible officer named in an order of the court;\n(h) grant bail and remand the defendant where the defendant has previously been remanded on bail in the proceedings;\n(i) state a case for the opinion of the High Court where the decision under appeal was made by an authorised court officer;\n(j) authorise the inspection of court records pursuant to rule 66(12) of the Magistrates’ Courts Rules 1981;\n(k) endorse process for service in Scotland or Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1981/552. Rule 66(12) was amended by S.I. 1992/709, article 2(1) and (3) and Schedule 1."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/284/schedule/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:32:23.211898+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."
}