{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-rules-2001/article-46",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-rules-2001/article-46.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2001/824",
  "legislation_title": "The Court of Protection Rules 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-rules-2001",
  "path": "article/46",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "46",
  "heading": "Entry of order after notification to a patient",
  "text": "(1) Where—\n(a) an order is made on a first application appointing a receiver for a patient or directing or authorising any person to do any act or carry out any transaction on behalf of a patient without appointing him receiver; or\n(b) an order or direction with respect to a patient’s property under rule 8, the order or direction shall not be entered until the expiration of ten clear days after the patient has been notified in accordance with rule 24(1) unless such notification is dispensed with.\n(2) Nothing in paragraph (1) shall prevent the entry of an interim order, certificate or direction under rule 42 for the protection of a patient’s property or for the application of a patient’s property for his benefit.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "uksi/2001/2977",
      "affecting_title": "The Court of Protection (Amendment) Rules 2001"
    },
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "uksi/2002/833",
      "affecting_title": "The Court of Protection (Amendment) Rules 2002"
    }
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/824/article/46",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:57:57.222085+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."
}