{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rules-of-the-supreme-court-amendment-1971/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rules-of-the-supreme-court-amendment-1971/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1971/354",
  "legislation_title": "The Rules of the Supreme Court (Amendment) 1971",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rules-of-the-supreme-court-amendment-1971",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In Order 97 after rule 6 there shall be inserted the following rule:—\n“Application to authorise agreement\n6A (1) An application under section 38(4) of the Act of 1954 for the authorisation of an agreement shall be made by ex parte originating summons and may be heard and determined in chambers.\n(2) Notwithstanding that the application must be made jointly by the landlord or proposed landlord and the tenant or proposed tenant and the originating summons is accordingly issued by one solicitor on behalf of both of them, they may appear and be heard at any hearing of the summons by separate solicitors or counsel or, in the case of an individual applicant, in person; and where at any stage of the proceedings it appears to the Court that one of the applicants is not but ought to be separately represented, the Court may adjourn the proceedings until he is.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1971/354/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T22:48:22.517735+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."
}