{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/allocation-and-transfer-of-proceedings-order-2008/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2008/2836",
  "legislation_title": "The Allocation and Transfer of Proceedings Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/allocation-and-transfer-of-proceedings-order-2008",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Principal Registry of the Family Division",
  "text": "The principal registry of the Family Division of the High Court is treated, for the purposes of this Order, as if it were—\n(a) a family hearing centre;\n(b) a care centre;\n(c) an adoption centre;\n(d) an intercountry adoption centre; and\n(e) a forced marriage county court.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "art. 3 renumbered as art. 3(1)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2009/871",
      "affecting_title": "The Access to Justice Act 1999 (Destination of Appeals) (Family Proceedings) Order 2009"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2009/871",
      "affecting_title": "The Access to Justice Act 1999 (Destination of Appeals) (Family Proceedings) Order 2009"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2836/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:22:41.594296+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."
}