{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/standing-civilian-courts-order-1997/article-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/standing-civilian-courts-order-1997/article-15.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/172",
  "legislation_title": "The Standing Civilian Courts Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/standing-civilian-courts-order-1997",
  "path": "article/15",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Objection before trial to member or assessor",
  "text": "(1) An accused to whom a summons has been sent shall be entitled to object before the trial to any member of the court or assessor specified for his trial.\n(2) An objection under this article shall be made to the court administration officer in writing, stating the grounds for objection, not later than 48 hours before the date appointed for his trial.\n(3) The court administration officer shall immediately on receipt of any such objection consider it and notify the accused of his decision in respect of the objection.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/172/article/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:27:04.339831+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."
}