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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/restrictive-practices-court-rules-1976/article-15",
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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/15",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "If a respondent fails to deliver a statement of his case or to comply with any order of the Court within the time limited for doing so, the Court may, on the application of the Director, direct that the respondent be debarred from taking any further part in the proceedings (save for the purpose of being heard on any application by the Director for discovery, or the answering of interrogatories or a statement of facts by that respondent, or for a final order under rule 45 or 46) or make such other order as the Court may think just.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1976/1897/article/15",
    "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."
}