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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-rules-2017/part-3/rule-3.5",
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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/3/rule/3.5",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "3.5",
  "heading": "General power of the court to rectify matters where there has been an error of procedure",
  "text": "Where there has been an error of procedure, such as a failure to comply with a rule or practice direction—\n(a) the error does not invalidate any step taken in the proceedings unless the court so orders; and\n(b) the court may waive the error or require it to be remedied or may make such other order as appears to the court to be just.",
  "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/3/rule/3.5",
    "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."
}