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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-adoption-rules-2005/article-48",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-adoption-rules-2005/article-48.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/48",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "48",
  "heading": "Undertaking to be responsible for expenses of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office",
  "text": "Every request for service filed under rule 46 (service through foreign governments, judicial authorities etc.) must contain an undertaking by the person making the request—\n(a) to be responsible for all expenses incurred by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office or foreign judicial authority; and\n(b) to pay those expenses to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office or foreign judicial authority on being informed of the amount.",
  "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/48",
    "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."
}