{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-adoption-rules-2005/article-100",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-adoption-rules-2005/article-100.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/2795",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Procedure (Adoption) Rules 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-adoption-rules-2005",
  "path": "article/100",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "100",
  "heading": "Acknowledgement of service",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), each respondent must file an acknowledgement of service within 14 days beginning with the date on which the application is served.\n(2) If the application is to be served out of the jurisdiction the respondent must file an acknowledgement of service within the period set out in the practice direction supplementing Part 6, section 2.\n(3) A court officer will serve the acknowledgement of service on the applicant and any other party.\n(4) The acknowledgement of service must—\n(a) state whether the respondent contests the application;\n(b) state, if the respondent seeks a different order from that set out in the application, what that order is; and\n(c) be signed by the respondent or his legal representative.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2795/article/100",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:49:01.488224+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."
}