# The Rules of the Supreme Court (Writ and Appearance) 1979, Article 2


Order 1, rule 4, shall be amended as follows:—
(1) In paragraph (1) after the definition of “the Northern area” there shall be inserted the following definition:—
“ “notice of intention to defend” means an acknowledgment of service containing a statement to the effect that the person by whom or on whose behalf it is signed intends to contest the proceedings to which the acknowledgment relates; ”.
(2) After paragraph (2) there shall be inserted the following paragraph:—
“(3) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to acknowledging service of a document or giving notice of intention to defend any proceedings is a reference to lodging in the appropriate court office an acknowledgment of service of that document or, as the case may be, a notice of intention to defend those proceedings.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1979/1716/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/rules-of-the-supreme-court-writ-and-appearance-1979/article-2
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