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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-adoption-rules-2005/article-161",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-adoption-rules-2005/article-161.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/161",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "161",
  "heading": "Instructions to a single joint expert",
  "text": "(1) Where the court gives a direction under rule 160 for a single joint expert to be used, each instructing party may give instructions to the expert.\n(2) When an instructing party gives instructions to the expert he must, at the same time, send a copy of the instructions to the other instructing parties.\n(3) The court may give directions about—\n(a) the payment of the expert’s fees and expenses; and\n(b) any inspection, examination or experiments which the expert wishes to carry out.\n(4) The court may, before an expert is instructed, limit the amount that can be paid by way of fees and expenses to the expert.\n(5) Unless the court otherwise directs, the instructing parties are jointly and severally liable for the payment of the expert’s fees and expenses.",
  "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/161",
    "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."
}