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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-regulation-of-investigatory-powers-rules-2012/article-5",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/2563",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates’ Courts (Regulation of Investigatory Powers) Rules 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-regulation-of-investigatory-powers-rules-2012",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Court’s power to vary requirements under these Rules",
  "text": "(1) The court may—\n(a) shorten or extend (even after it has expired) a time limit under these Rules;\n(b) dispense with a requirement for service under these Rules (even after service was required); and\n(c) consider an application made orally instead of in writing.\n(2) A person who wants an extension of time must—\n(a) apply when serving the application for which it is needed; and\n(b) explain the delay.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2563/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:16:58.379491+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."
}