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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-rules-1994/section-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-rules-1994/section-12.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1994/3046",
  "legislation_title": "THE COURT OF PROTECTION RULES 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-rules-1994",
  "path": "section/12",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Power to direct application by the Public Trustee or Official Solicitor",
  "text": "Where in the opinion of the court an application ought to be made for the appointment or discharge of a receiver or for the exercise of any other function with respect to the property and affairs of a patient, and there appears to be no other suitable person able and willing to make the application, or the court for any other reason thinks fit, the court may direct that the application be made by the Public Trustee or, if he consents, by the Official Solicitor.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3046/section/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:22:02.569441+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."
}