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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-sex-offender-orders-rules-2002/article-7",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/2782",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates' Courts (Sex Offender Orders) Rules 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-sex-offender-orders-rules-2002",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Service of documents on the defendant",
  "text": "Any summons or copy of an order required to be sent under these Rules to the defendant shall be either given to him in person or sent by post to his last known address and, if so given or sent, shall be deemed to have been received by him, unless the defendant proves that it was not received by him.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2782/article/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:40:30.619485+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."
}