{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/restrictive-practices-court-rules-1976/article-54",
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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/54",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "54",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) An application to the Court under section 26 or 35 of the Act shall be made by notice in writing issued out of the central office of the Court, or the office of the Court in Scotland or Northern Ireland, as the case may be, specifying the part of the United Kingdom in which the hearing is to take place and containing particulars of any order or declaration sought and identifying the agreement to which the application relates.\n(2) A notice under paragraph (1) shall be issued by being sealed with the Court's seal by the proper officer of the Court and when issued shall be returned to the applicant who shall—\n(a) leave a copy to be filed by the proper officer; and\n(b) at the same time file with the proper officer an affidavit setting out the facts and matters on which he relies in support of the application.",
  "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/54",
    "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."
}