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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-adoption-rules-2005/article-128",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-adoption-rules-2005/article-128.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/128",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "128",
  "heading": "Evidence in proceedings other than at final hearing",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the general rule is that evidence at hearings other than the final hearing is to be by witness statement unless the court, a practice direction or any other enactment requires otherwise.\n(2) At hearings other than the final hearing, a party may, rely on the matters set out in—\n(a) his application form; or\n(b) his application notice, if it is verified by a statement of truth.",
  "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/128",
    "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."
}