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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-adoption-rules-2005/article-47",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-adoption-rules-2005/article-47.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/47",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "47",
  "heading": "Service in accordance with the Service Regulation",
  "text": "(1) This rule applies where an application form is to be served in accordance with the Service Regulation.\n(2) The applicant must file the application form and any translations or other documents required by the Service Regulation.\n(3) When the applicant files the documents referred to in paragraph (2), a court officer will—\n(a) seal, or otherwise authenticate with the stamp of the court, the copy of the application form; and\n(b) forward the documents to the Senior Master of the Queen’s Bench Division.\n(The Service Regulation is annexed to the relevant practice direction.)",
  "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/47",
    "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."
}