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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-adoption-rules-2005/article-171",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-adoption-rules-2005/article-171.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/171",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "171",
  "heading": "Scope and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) The rules in this Part apply to appeals to—\n(a) the High Court; and\n(b) a county court.\n(2) This Part does not apply to an appeal in detailed assessment proceedings against a decision of an authorised court officer.(Rules 47.20 to 47.23 of the CPR deal with appeals against a decision of an authorised court officer in detailed assessment proceedings.)\n(3) In this Part—\n“appeal” includes an appeal by way of case stated;\n“appeal court” means the court to which an appeal is made;\n“appeal notice” means an appellant’s or respondent’s notice;\n“appellant” means a person who brings or seeks to bring an appeal;\n“lower court” means the court from whose decision an appeal is brought;\n“respondent” means—\n(a) a person other than the appellant who was a party to the proceedings in the lower court and who is affected by the appeal; and\n(b) a person who is permitted by the appeal court to be a party to the appeal.\n(4) This Part is subject to any rule, enactment or practice direction which sets out special provisions with regard to any particular category of appeal.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2795/article/171",
    "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."
}