# The Magistrates' Courts (Special Measures Directions) Rules 2002, Article 6: Renewal application following a material change of circumstances


(1) Where an application for a special measures direction has been refused by the court, the application may only be renewed (“renewal application”) where there has been a material change of circumstances since the court refused the application.
(2) The applicant must—
(a) identify in the renewal application each material change of circumstances which is alleged to have occurred; and
(b) send the renewal application to the justices' chief executive for the court as soon as reasonably practicable after the change occurs.
(3) The applicant must also send copies of the renewal application to each of the parties to the proceedings at the same time as the application is sent to the justices' chief executive for the court.
(4) A party to whom the renewal application is sent in accordance with paragraph (3) above may oppose the application on the ground that it discloses no material change of circumstances.
(5) Rule 2(6) to (12) above and rules 7 and 8 below apply to a renewal application as they apply to the application which was refused.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1687/article/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-special-measures-directions-rules-2002/article-6
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