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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patronage-appeals-rules-1988/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patronage-appeals-rules-1988/article-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1980",
  "legislation_title": "Patronage (Appeals) Rules 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patronage-appeals-rules-1988",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Answer",
  "text": "(1) Where a copy of a respondent’s notice has been served on the appellant, he may within fourteen days after the date of such service lodge with the registrar an answer in Form 4 of the Appendix making his comments on the respondent’s notice or any part of it.\n(2) On receiving an answer from the appellant, the registrar shall serve a copy of the answer on any respondent who has lodged a respondent’s notice.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1980/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:54:59.002697+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."
}