{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-adoption-rules-2005/article-131",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-adoption-rules-2005/article-131.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/131",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "131",
  "heading": "Witness summaries",
  "text": "(1) A party who—\n(a) is required to file a witness statement for use at final hearing; but\n(b) is unable to obtain one, may apply, without notice, for permission to file a witness summary instead.\n(2) A witness summary is a summary of—\n(a) the evidence, if known, which would otherwise be included in a witness statement; or\n(b) if the evidence is not known, the matters about which the party filing the witness summary proposes to question the witness.\n(3) Unless the court directs otherwise, a witness summary must include the name and address of the intended witness.\n(4) Unless the court directs otherwise, a witness summary must be filed within the period in which a witness statement would have had to be filed.\n(5) Where a party files a witness summary, so far as practicable, rules 126 (service of witness statements for use at final hearing), 127(3) (amplifying witness statements), and 130 (form of witness statement) shall apply to the summary.",
  "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/131",
    "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."
}