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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/restrictive-practices-court-rules-1976/article-13",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1976/1897",
  "legislation_title": "The Restrictive Practices Court Rules 1976",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/restrictive-practices-court-rules-1976",
  "path": "article/13",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In proceedings in England and Wales or in Northern Ireland where a respondent intends to rely on facts or matters which, if not raised, would be likely to take the Director by surprise or would raise issues of fact not arising out of the statement of case or answer, he shall, within six weeks of the delivery of the answer, deliver a reply to the Director and file a copy thereof with the proper officer of the Court.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1976/1897/article/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:29.395092+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."
}