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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-amendment-rules-2020/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2020/135",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-amendment-rules-2020",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Family Proceedings\nSenior Courts Of England And Wales\nFamily Court, England And Wales\nMade 10th February 2020\nLaid before Parliament 13th February 2020\nComing into force in accordance with rule 1\nThe Family Procedure Rule Committee makes the following Rules in exercise of the powers conferred by section 17(2) of the Senior Courts Act 1981 and sections 67B, 75 and 76 of the Courts Act 2003, after consulting in accordance with section 79(1) of the Courts Act 2003:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1981 c. 54."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2003 c. 39. Section 67B was inserted by paragraph 32 of the Schedule to the Courts and Tribunals (Judiciary and Functions of Staff) Act 2018 (c. 33). Section 75 was amended by paragraphs 308 and 338 of Schedule 4 and Part 2 of Schedule 18 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4) and by paragraphs 83 and 91 of Schedule 10 to the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22). Section 76 was amended by section 62(7) of the Children Act 2004 (c. 31), paragraph 29 of Schedule 1 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, paragraphs 83 and 92 of Schedule 10 to the Crime and Courts Act 2013 and paragraphs 25 and 24 of the Schedule to the Courts and Tribunals (Judiciary and Functions of Staff Act 2018."
    }
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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."
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