# The Rules of the Supreme Court (Writ and Appearance) 1979, Article 18 Order 13, rule 7 (1), shall be amended as follows:β€” (1) The following sub-paragraph shall be inserted before sub-paragraph (a):β€” β€œ(a) the defendant has acknowledged service on him of the writ or notice of the writ; or”. (2) The existing sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) shall stand as sub-paragraphs (b) and (c) respectively. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1979/1716/article/18 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/rules-of-the-supreme-court-writ-and-appearance-1979/article-18 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.