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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-amendment-rules-2013/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-amendment-rules-2013/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2013/530",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-amendment-rules-2013",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Family Proceedings\nSenior Courts Of England And Wales\nCounty Courts, England And Wales\nMagistrates’ Courts, England And Wales\nMade 7th March 2013\nLaid before Parliament 11th March 2013\nComing into force 1st April 2013\nThe Family Procedure Rule Committee makes the following rules in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 75 and 76 of the Courts Act 2003, after consulting in accordance with section 79 of the Courts Act 2003:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2003 c.39. Section 75 was amended by sections 15(1) and 146 of and paragraphs 308 and 338 of Schedule 4 and Part 2 of Schedule 18 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c.4). Section 76 was amended by section 62(7) of the Children Act 2004, section 261(1) of and paragraph 172 of Schedule 27 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c.33), section 12(2) of and paragraph 29 of Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 and section 25 of and paragraph 14 of Part 2 of Schedule 3 to the Children, Schools and Families Act 2010 (c.26)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 79 was amended by sections 15(1) and 146 of and paragraphs 308 and 341(1) of Schedule 4 and Part 2 of Schedule 18 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/530/introduction",
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  },
  "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."
}