{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-amendment-no-3-rules-2015/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-amendment-no-3-rules-2015/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/1868",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-amendment-no-3-rules-2015",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Insertion of new rule 5.5",
  "text": "After rule 5.4 (where to start proceedings) insert—\n“Filing documents with and sending documents to the court by e-mail\n5.5. (1) A practice direction may make provision for documents to be filed with or sent to the court by e-mail.\n(2) Any such practice direction may—\n(a) provide that only particular categories of documents may be filed with or sent to the court by such means;\n(b) provide that particular provisions only apply in specified courts or court offices; and\n(c) specify the requirements that must be fulfilled for any document filed with or sent to the court by such means.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1868/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:30:43.961810+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."
}