{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-rules-2017/part-2/rule-2.3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2017/1035",
  "legislation_title": "The Court of Protection Rules 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-rules-2017",
  "path": "part/2/rule/2.3",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "2.3",
  "heading": "Court officers – authorisation",
  "text": "(1) The Senior Judge or the President or the Vice-President may authorise a court officer to exercise the jurisdiction of the court in such circumstances as may be set out in the relevant practice direction.\n(2) A court officer who has been authorised under paragraph (1)—\n(a) must refer to a judge any application, proceedings or any question arising in any application or proceedings which ought, in the officer's opinion, to be considered by a judge;\n(b) may not deal with any application or proceedings or any question arising in any application or proceedings by way of a hearing; and\n(c) may not deal with an application for the reconsideration of an order made by that court officer or another court officer.",
  "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/2/rule/2.3",
    "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."
}