{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/restrictive-practices-court-rules-1976/article-7",
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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/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Every respondent who wishes to be heard in the proceedings shall, within 14 days of the service upon him of the copy of the notice of reference, enter an appearance in the office of the Court out of which the notice issued by delivering to the proper officer of the Court two copies of a memorandum stating that the respondent wishes to be heard in the proceedings and containing the name of his solicitor (if any) and an address in the United Kingdom at which documents may be served on him; and the proper officer shall thereupon send one copy of the memorandum, sealed with the seal of the Court, to the Director.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "modified",
      "affecting": "uksi/1991/2684",
      "affecting_title": "The Solicitors' Incorporated Practices Order 1991"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1976/1897/article/7",
    "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."
}