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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/restrictive-practices-court-rules-1976/article-17",
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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/17",
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  "number": "17",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In proceedings in England and Wales or in Northern Ireland, the Court may, on the application of any party, strike out the whole or any part of a statement of case, answer or reply which appears to the Court to be frivolous, vexatious or irrelevant and may in that event allow further time for the delivery of a fresh or amended statement of case, answer or reply.",
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  "status": null,
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1976/1897/article/17",
    "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."
}