{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-rules-2007/rule-57",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-rules-2007/rule-57.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/57",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "57",
  "heading": "Acknowledgment of notification of permission application",
  "text": "(1) Any person who is notified of an application for permission and who wishes to take part in the permission hearing must file an acknowledgment of notification in accordance with the following provisions of this rule.\n(2) The acknowledgment of notification must be filed not more than 21 days after notice of the application was given.\n(3) The court will serve the acknowledgment of notification on the applicant and on any other person who has filed such an acknowledgment.\n(4) The acknowledgment of notification must—\n(a) state whether the person acknowledging notification consents to the application for permission;\n(b) state whether he opposes the application for permission, and if so, set out the grounds for doing so;\n(c) state whether he proposes that permission should be granted to make an application for a different order, and if so, set out what that order is;\n(d) provide an address for service, which must be within the jurisdiction of the court; and\n(e) be signed by him or his legal representative.\n(5) The acknowledgment of notification may include or be accompanied by an application for directions.\n(6) Subject to rules 120 and 123 (restrictions on filing an expert’s report and court’s power to restrict expert evidence), where a person opposes the application for permission or proposes that permission is granted for a different order, the acknowledgment of notification must be accompanied by a witness statement containing any evidence upon which that person intends to rely.",
  "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/57",
    "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."
}