{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-rules-northern-ireland-1984/rule-72",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-rules-northern-ireland-1984/rule-72.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1984/225",
  "legislation_title": "Magistrates’ Courts Rules (Northern Ireland) 1984",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-rules-northern-ireland-1984",
  "path": "rule/72",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "72",
  "heading": "Undefended proceedings",
  "text": "For the purposes of these Rules a claim in debt or ejectment proceedings shall be treated as undefended where—\n(a) the defendant fails to appear and the court, after proof of service of the process, makes an order against him; or\n(b) where an order is made on the consent of the defendant; or\n(c) the court so directs.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1984/225/rule/72",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:32:12.928261+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."
}