{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-rules-2017/part-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-rules-2017/part-17.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2017/1035",
  "legislation_title": "The Court of Protection Rules 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-rules-2017",
  "path": "part/17",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "LITIGATION FRIENDS AND RULE 1.2 REPRESENTATIVES",
  "text": "Contents of this Part\nSECTION 1 – LITIGATION FRIENDS\nWho may act as a litigation friend\nRule 17.1\nRequirement for a litigation friend\nRule 17.2\nLitigation friend without a court order\nRule 17.3\nLitigation friend by court order\nRule 17.4\nCourt's power to prevent a person from acting as a litigation friend or to bring an end to an appointment of a person as a litigation friend or to appoint another one\nRule 17.5\nAppointment of litigation friend by court order – supplementary\nRule 17.6\nProcedure where appointment of a litigation friend comes to an end for a child\nRule 17.7\nPractice direction in relation to litigation friends\nRule 17.8\nSECTION 2 – RULE 1.2 REPRESENTATIVES\nWho may act as a rule 1.2 representative for P\nRule 17.9\nRule 1.2 representative by court order\nRule 17.10\nApplication by rule 1.2 representative or by P for directions\nRule 17.11\nCourt's power to prevent a person from acting as a rule 1.2 representative or to bring an end to an appointment of a person as a rule 1.2 representative or to appoint another one\nRule 17.12\nAppointment of rule 1.2 representative by court order – supplementary\nRule 17.13\nPractice direction in relation to rule 1.2 representatives\nRule 17.14",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/1035/part/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:07:10.291890+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."
}