# The Court of Protection Rules 2001, Article 9: Date for hearing


(1) Upon receiving an application under rule 7 the court shall fix a date for the hearing of the application unless it considers that the application can properly be dealt with without a hearing, and on this ground the court may cancel any hearing fixed under this paragraph.
(2) Where a hearing is fixed under paragraph (1) an officer shall notify the applicant, by letter, of the date and time of the hearing.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/824/article/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-rules-2001/article-9
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