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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-adoption-rules-2005/article-96",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-adoption-rules-2005/article-96.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/96",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "96",
  "heading": "Dismissal of totally without merit applications",
  "text": "If the High Court or a county court dismisses an application (including an application for permission to appeal) and it considers that the application is totally without merit—\n(a) the court’s order must record that fact; and\n(b) the court must at the same time consider whether it is appropriate to make a civil restraint order.",
  "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/96",
    "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."
}