{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/postal-administration-rules-northern-ireland-2021/article-103",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2021/257",
  "legislation_title": "The Postal Administration Rules (Northern Ireland) 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/postal-administration-rules-northern-ireland-2021",
  "path": "article/103",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "103",
  "heading": "Filing and service of affidavits",
  "text": "Unless the provision of the 1989 Order or the Rules under which the application is made provides otherwise, or the court otherwise allows—\n(a) if the applicant intends to rely at the first hearing on evidence in an affidavit, the applicant shall file the affidavit with the court and serve a copy on the respondent, not less than 14 days before the date fixed for the hearing, and\n(b) where a respondent to an application intends to oppose it and to rely for that purpose on evidence in an affidavit, the respondent shall file the affidavit with the court and serve a copy on the applicant, not less than 5 business days before the date fixed for the hearing.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2021/257/article/103",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:37:30.830898+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."
}