{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-rules-2007/rule-51",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-rules-2007/rule-51.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/51",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "51",
  "heading": "Where the court’s permission is not required",
  "text": "The permission of the court is not required—\n(1) where an application is made by–\n(a) the Official Solicitor; or\n(b) the Public Guardian;\n(2) where the application concerns —\n(a) P’s property and affairs, unless the application is of a kind specified in rule 52;\n(b) a lasting power of attorney which is, or purports to be, created under the Act; or\n(c) an instrument which is, or purports to be, an enduring power of attorney;\n(3) where an application is made in accordance with Part 10; or\n(4) where a person files an acknowledgment of service or notification in accordance with this Part or Part 9, for any order proposed that is different from that sought by the applicant.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2015/548",
      "affecting_title": "The Court of Protection (Amendment) Rules 2015"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2009/582",
      "affecting_title": "The Court of Protection (Amendment) Rules 2009"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/1744/rule/51",
    "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."
}