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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/restrictive-practices-court-rules-1976/article-21",
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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/21",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Director, and any respondent who has entered an appearance, may at any time apply to the Court for an order that any proceedings pending before the Court in the same part of the United Kingdom be consolidated and heard together.\n(2) On making an order adding a respondent or an order for the consolidation of any proceedings, the Court shall give all such consequential directions as it considers necessary.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1976/1897/article/21",
    "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."
}