{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-adoption-rules-2005/article-174",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-adoption-rules-2005/article-174.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/174",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "174",
  "heading": "Appellant’s notice",
  "text": "(1) Where the appellant seeks permission from the appeal court it must be requested in the appellant’s notice.\n(2) The appellant must file the appellant’s notice at the appeal court within—\n(a) such period as may be directed by the lower court, if that court is a county court or the High Court; or\n(b) (i) where the lower court makes no such direction; or\n(ii) the lower court is a magistrates' court,\n14 days beginning with the date on which the decision of the lower court that the appellant wishes to appeal was made.\n(3) Unless the appeal court directs otherwise, an appeal notice must be served on the persons referred to in paragraph (4)—\n(a) as soon as practicable; and\n(b) in any event not later than 7 days,\nafter it is filed.\n(4) The persons referred to in paragraph (3) are—\n(a) each respondent;\n(b) any children’s guardian, reporting officer or children and family reporter; and\n(c) where the appeal is from a magistrates' court, the court officer.\n(5) Unless the appeal court directs otherwise, a court officer will serve the appeal notice.",
  "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/174",
    "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."
}