{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-adoption-rules-2005/article-66",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-adoption-rules-2005/article-66.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/66",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "66",
  "heading": "How the children’s guardian exercises his duties – service of documents and inspection of records",
  "text": "(1) The children’s guardian must—\n(a) serve documents on behalf of the child in accordance with rule 37(2)(b); and\n(b) accept service of documents on behalf of the child in accordance with the table in rule 37(1),\nand, where the child has not himself been served and has sufficient understanding, advise the child of the contents of any document so served.\n(2) Where the children’s guardian inspects records of the kinds referred to in—\n(a) section 42 of the 1989 Act (right to have access to local authority records); or\n(b) section 103 (right to have access to adoption agency records)\nhe must bring all records and documents which may, in his opinion, assist in the proper determination of the proceedings to the attention of—\n(i) the court; and\n(ii) unless the court directs otherwise, the other parties to the proceedings.",
  "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/66",
    "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."
}