{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-rules-2007/rule-50",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-rules-2007/rule-50.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/1744",
  "legislation_title": "The Court of Protection Rules 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-rules-2007",
  "path": "rule/50",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "50",
  "heading": "General",
  "text": "Subject to these Rules and to section 50(1) of, and paragraph 20 of Schedule 3 to, the Act, the applicant must apply for permission to start proceedings under the Act.\n(Section 50(1) of the Act specifies persons who do not need to apply for permission. Paragraph 20 of Schedule 3 to the Act specifies an application for which permission is not needed.)",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/1744/rule/50",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:51:00.743935+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."
}