{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-adoption-amendment-rules-2009/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/638",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Procedure (Adoption) (Amendment) Rules 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-adoption-amendment-rules-2009",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Family Proceedings, England And Wales\nMade 10th March 2009\nLaid before Parliament 12th March 2009\nComing into force 6th April 2009\nThe Family Procedure Rule 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(1) 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)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/638/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:15:09.056435+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."
}