{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-rules-1981/rule-98",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-rules-1981/rule-98.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1981/552",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates' Courts Rules 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-rules-1981",
  "path": "rule/98",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "98",
  "heading": "Form of summons",
  "text": "(1) A summons requiring a person to appear before a magistrates’ court may be issued in respect of more than one information or complaint.\n(2) A summons must—\n(a) state the name and address of the complainant or informant;\n(b) contain notice of when and where the person is required to attend the court;\n(c) specify each information or complaint in respect of which it is issued;\n(d) identify the name and address of the court office for the court that issued it.\n(3) A summons need not bear the name of the justice or other person issuing it, provided that the designated officer has recorded the name of that justice or other person.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Rule 98 substituted (1.1.2020) by The Magistrates’ Courts (Amendment) Rules 2019 (S.I. 2019/1367), rules 1(1), 7 (with rule 11(1))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1981/552/rule/98",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T18:40:56.682539+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."
}