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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-enduring-powers-of-attorney-rules-1994/article-9",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1994/3047",
  "legislation_title": "The Court of Protection (Enduring Powers of Attorney) Rules 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-enduring-powers-of-attorney-rules-1994",
  "path": "article/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Form of application",
  "text": "(1) Subject to the provisions of rules 7 and 8 and to the following provisions of this rule, an application may be by letter unless the court, in respect of an application to it, or the Public Trustee in respect of an application to him, directs that the application should be formal, in which case it shall be made in Form EP3.\n(2) Any application made by letter to the court or to the Public Trustee under rule 9(1), other than an objection to registration, shall include the name and address of the applicant, the name of the donor if he is not the applicant, the form of relief or determination required and the grounds for the application.\n(3) An application relating to the committal of a person for contempt of court shall be made to a judge by motion.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3047/article/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:22:01.892975+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."
}