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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/summary-appeal-court-navy-rules-2000/article-53",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2000/2370",
  "legislation_title": "The Summary Appeal Court (Navy) Rules 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/summary-appeal-court-navy-rules-2000",
  "path": "article/53",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "53",
  "heading": "Submission of no case to answer",
  "text": "(1) At the close of the case for the respondent the appellant may submit, in respect of any charge, that the respondent has failed to establish a case for him to answer.\n(2) Where such a submission is made the respondent shall be given the opportunity to address the court on the submission.\n(3) Any issue raised on such a submission shall be determined by the judge advocate who shall give such directions to the court as he thinks fit.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/2370/article/53",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:30:26.994786+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."
}