{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-rules-2007/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-rules-2007/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/2204",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-rules-2007",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "text": "In Part 6—\n(a) in the table of contents, for “patients” substitute “protected parties”;\n(b) in rule 6.6(1), in the first sentence, for “patient” substitute “protected party”;\n(c) for the table in rule 6.6(1) substitute—\n“\nType of document\nNature of party\nPersons to be served\nClaim form\nChild who is not also a protected party\nOne of the child’s parents or guardians; or\nif there is no parent or guardian, an adult with whom the child resides or in whose care the child is.\nClaim form\nProtected party\nOne of the following persons with authority in relation to the protected party as:\n(i) the attorney under a registered enduring power of attorney,\n(ii) the donee of a lasting power of attorney,\n(iii) the deputy appointed by the Court of Protection; or\nif there is no such person, an adult with whom the protected party resides or in whose care the protected party is.\nApplication for an order appointing a litigation friend, where the child or protected party has no litigation friend\nChild or protected party\nSee rule 21.8.\nAny other document\nChild or protected party\nThe litigation friend who is conducting the proceedings on behalf of the child or protected party.\n”; and\n(d) in rule 6.6(2), for “patient” substitute “protected party”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/2204/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:46:42.945686+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."
}