{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-hearsay-evidence-in-civil-proceedings-rules-1999/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-hearsay-evidence-in-civil-proceedings-rules-1999/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/681",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates' Courts (Hearsay Evidence in Civil Proceedings) Rules 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-hearsay-evidence-in-civil-proceedings-rules-1999",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Application and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Rules, the “1995 Act” means the Civil Evidence Act 1995.\n(2) In these Rules–\n“hearsay evidence” means evidence consisting of hearsay within the meaning of section 1(2) of the 1995 Act;\n“hearsay notice” means a notice under section 2 of the 1995 Act.\n(3) These Rules shall apply to hearsay evidence in civil proceedings in magistrates' courts.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2024/254",
      "affecting_title": "The Magistrates’ Courts (Amendment) Rules 2024"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/681/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:57:26.795275+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."
}