{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-amendment-no-2-rules-2017/article-7",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2017/741",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-amendment-no-2-rules-2017",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Amendment of rule 9.15",
  "text": "In rule 9.15 (duties of the court at the first appointment) for paragraph (4) substitute—\n“(4) The court must direct that the case be referred to a FDR appointment unless—\n(a) the first appointment or part of it has been treated as a FDR appointment and the FDR appointment has been effective; or\n(b) there are exceptional reasons which make a referral to a FDR appointment inappropriate.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/741/article/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:09:42.620635+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."
}