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<Text>take steps to ensure that the parties are aware of their right to make a motion for a direction under sub-paragraph (2)(b), and</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2022/8/schedule/paragraph/7/6/b/2023-07-03" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2022/8/schedule/paragraph/7/6/b" id="schedule-paragraph-7-6-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>deal with any motion for a direction under that sub-paragraph,</Text>
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</P3>
<Text>before dealing with any other matter at the hearing, other than a decision to adjourn or a matter that an enactment requires that the court deal with before another hearing could practicably be arranged.</Text>
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<Pnumber>7</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>References in this paragraph to physically attending a court are to be construed in accordance with paragraph 6(12).</Text>
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</P1para>
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in force at 1.10.2022, see
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