{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/standing-civilian-courts-evidence-rules-2006/article-17",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2006/2891",
  "legislation_title": "The Standing Civilian Courts (Evidence) Rules 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/standing-civilian-courts-evidence-rules-2006",
  "path": "article/17",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Decision of the magistrate",
  "text": "(1) The magistrate may—\n(a) determine any application made under rule 11 and rules 13 to 16 without a hearing; or\n(b) direct a hearing of any application.\n(2) The court administration officer shall notify all the parties of the magistrate’s decision as soon as reasonably practicable.\n(3) If a hearing of an application is to take place, the court administration officer shall notify each party to the proceedings of the time and place of the hearing.\n(4) A magistrate may hear and take into account representations made to him by any person who in the magistrate’s view has a legitimate interest in the application before it.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/2891/article/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:17:01.627089+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."
}