{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/postal-administration-rules-2013/rule-50",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/postal-administration-rules-2013/rule-50.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2013/3208",
  "legislation_title": "The Postal Administration Rules 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/postal-administration-rules-2013",
  "path": "rule/50",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "50",
  "heading": "Expunging of proof by the court",
  "text": "(1) The court may expunge a proof or reduce the amount claimed—\n(a) on the postal administrator’s application, where the postal administrator thinks that the proof has been improperly admitted, or ought to be reduced; or\n(b) on the application of a creditor, if the postal administrator declines to interfere in the matter.\n(2) Where application is made to the court under this Rule, the court shall fix a venue for the application to be heard, notice of which shall be sent by the applicant—\n(a) in the case of an application by the postal administrator, to the creditor who made the proof; and\n(b) in the case of an application by a creditor, to the postal administrator and to the creditor who made the proof (if not themselves).",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 50 in force at 31.1.2014, see rule 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/3208/rule/50",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:31:29.914042+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."
}