{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-adoption-amendment-rules-2008/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-adoption-amendment-rules-2008/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/2447",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Procedure (Adoption) (Amendment) Rules 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-adoption-amendment-rules-2008",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Family Proceedings, England And Wales\nMade 16th September 2008\nLaid before Parliament 18th September 2008\nComing into force 3rd November 2008\nThe Family Procedure Rules Committee makes the following Rules in exercise of the powers conferred by section 75(2) and (4) of the Courts Act 2003.\nIn accordance with section 79 of the Courts Act 2003 the Committee has consulted with persons it considered appropriate.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2003 c.39. Section 75 was amended by sections 15(1) and 146 of, and paragraphs 308 and 338 of Schedule 4 to, and Part 2 of Schedule 18 to, the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c.4)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 79 was amended by section 15(1) of, and paragraphs 308 and 341 of Schedule 4 to, the Constitutional Reform Act 2005."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2447/introduction",
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  },
  "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."
}