{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-fees-order-2007/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2007/1745",
  "legislation_title": "The Court of Protection Fees Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-fees-order-2007",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“the Act” means the Mental Capacity Act 2005;\n“appellant” means the person who brings or seeks to bring an appeal;\n“court” means the Court of Protection;\n“P” means any person (other than a protected party) who lacks or, so far as consistent with the context, is alleged to lack capacity to make a decision or decisions in relation to any matter that is the subject of an application to the court and references to a person who lacks capacity are to be construed in accordance with the Act;\n“protected party” means a party or an intended party (other than P or a child) who lacks capacity to conduct the proceedings;\n“the Regulations” means the Lasting Powers of Attorney, Enduring Powers of Attorney and Public Guardian Regulations 2007; and\n“the Rules” means the Court of Protection Rules 2017.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 2 substituted (1.5.2024) by The Court and Tribunal Fees (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/476), arts. 1(1), 4(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 2 in force at 1.10.2007, see art. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2007/1253."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/1745/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:50:59.634821+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."
}