{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-rules-2001/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-rules-2001/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2001/824",
  "legislation_title": "The Court of Protection Rules 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-rules-2001",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MENTAL HEALTH, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 6th March 2001\nLaid before Parliament 9th March 2001\nComing into force 1st April 2001\nThe Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 106, 107 and 108 of the Mental Health Act 1983 and section 54 of the Trustee Act 1925 and with the consent of the Treasury so far as is required by section 106(5) of the said Act of 1983, hereby makes the following Rules:-",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1983 c. 20."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1925 c. 19; section 54 was substituted by the Mental Health Act 1959 (c. 72), Schedule 7."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/824/introduction",
    "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."
}