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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-adoption-rules-2005/article-165",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/2795",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Procedure (Adoption) Rules 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-adoption-rules-2005",
  "path": "article/165",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "165",
  "heading": "Discussions between experts",
  "text": "(1) The court may, at any stage, direct a discussion between experts for the purpose of requiring the experts to—\n(a) identify and discuss the expert issues in the proceedings; and\n(b) where possible, reach an agreed opinion on those issues.\n(2) The court may specify the issues which the experts must discuss.\n(3) The court may direct that following a discussion between the experts they must prepare a statement for the court showing—\n(a) those issues on which they agree; and\n(b) those issues on which they disagree and a summary of their reasons for disagreeing.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2795/article/165",
    "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."
}