{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-rules-1994/section-39",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-rules-1994/section-39.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/39",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "39",
  "heading": "Privacy of applications",
  "text": "(1) Every application shall be heard in chambers unless, in the case of an application for hearing by the judge, the judge otherwise directs.\n(2) The Public Trustee shall give such directions as he thinks fit concerning the privacy of applications made to him.",
  "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/39",
    "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."
}