{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rules-of-the-supreme-court-writ-and-appearance-1979/article-41",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1979/1716",
  "legislation_title": "The Rules of the Supreme Court (Writ and Appearance) 1979",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rules-of-the-supreme-court-writ-and-appearance-1979",
  "path": "article/41",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "41",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Order 75, rule 38, shall be amended as follows:—\n(1) In paragraph (1) for the words from “entry of appearance” to “limited for appearing” there shall be substituted the words “acknowledgment of issue or service of the writ by one of the defendants named therein by their names or, if none of them acknowledges issue or service, within 7 days after the time limited for acknowledging service”.\n(2) In paragraph (2) (b) for the words “entered an appearance” there shall be substituted the words “acknowledged service”.\n(3) In paragraphs (4) and (8) for the words “entered an appearance”, wherever they occur, there shall be substituted the words “acknowledged issue or service of the writ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1979/1716/article/41",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T19:07:56.027162+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."
}