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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-adoption-rules-2005/article-103",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-adoption-rules-2005/article-103.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/103",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "103",
  "heading": "Evidence – general",
  "text": "(1) No written evidence may be relied on at the hearing of the application unless—\n(a) it has been served in accordance with rule 102; or\n(b) the court gives permission.\n(2) The court may require or permit a party to give oral evidence at the hearing.\n(3) The court may give directions requiring the attendance for cross-examination of a witness who has given written evidence.",
  "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/103",
    "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."
}