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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reserve-forces-appeal-tribunals-rules-1997/article-9",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/798",
  "legislation_title": "The Reserve Forces Appeal Tribunals Rules 1997",
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  "path": "article/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Application for extension of time for delivery of reply",
  "text": "Notwithstanding rule 8(3) above, where the Authority considers it likely that, by reason of exceptional circumstances, its reply will be received at the office of the Secretary later than 5 days after the date on which it received a copy of the notice of appeal it may include with its reply a statement of the reasons on which it relies for justifying the delay, and the Tribunal shall treat any such statement as a request for extending the time limit under rule 30(2)(a) below.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/798/article/9",
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  },
  "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."
}