{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/restrictive-practices-court-rules-1976/article-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/restrictive-practices-court-rules-1976/article-19.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1976/1897",
  "legislation_title": "The Restrictive Practices Court Rules 1976",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/restrictive-practices-court-rules-1976",
  "path": "article/19",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In proceedings in Scotland—\n(a) the Director shall, within seven days after the expiration of the time limited for filing answers, make up an open record consisting of the notice of reference, the statement or statements of case and the answer or answers, and file two copies thereof with the proper officer of the Court, at the same time delivering a copy thereof to each of the respondents; and thereafter the parties shall forthwith proceed to adjust their pleadings;\n(b) upon the expiration of 28 days from the filing of the open record, or of such period of continuation as may be allowed by the Court on cause shown, the record shall be deemed to be closed, and thereafter no amendment of the pleadings shall be made except by leave of the Court; and\n(c) within 14 days after the closing of the record the Director shall file two copies of the closed record with the proper officer of the Court, and shall at the same time deliver 15 copies thereof to each of the respondents.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1976/1897/article/19",
    "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."
}