{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-11.1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-11.1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/2955",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Procedure Rules 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010",
  "path": "rule/11.1",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "11.1",
  "heading": "Scope and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) The rules in this Part apply to proceedings ... under Part 4A of the 1996 Act and under Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the 2003 Act .\n(2) In this Part—\n“the 2003 Act” means the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003;\n“a FGM protection order” means an order under paragraph 1(1) of Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the 2003 Act;\n“a forced marriage protection order” means an order under section 63A of the 1996 Act ; ...\n“an individual” means a person (whether legally represented or not) who is not applying for an order on behalf of an organisation, and includes the person who is the subject of the proceedings;\n“a protection order” means a forced marriage protection order or a FGM protection order; and\n“the person who is the subject of the proceedings” means the person who will be protected by the ... protection order applied for or being considered by the court of its own initiative, if that order is made, or who is being protected by the protection order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in rule 11.1(1) omitted (22.4.2014) by virtue of The Family Procedure (Amendment No.3) Rules 2013 (S.I. 2013/3204), rules 1, 43 (with rule 137); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in rule 11.1(1) inserted (17.7.2015) by The Family Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2015 (S.I. 2015/1420), rules 1(2), 4(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in rule 11.1(2) inserted (17.7.2015) by The Family Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2015 (S.I. 2015/1420), rules 1(2), 4(b)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in rule 11.1(2) omitted (17.7.2015) by virtue of The Family Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2015 (S.I. 2015/1420), rules 1(2), 4(b)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in rule 11.1 inserted (6.4.2017) by The Family Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2017 (S.I. 2017/413), rules 1, 4(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in rule 11.1(2) inserted (17.7.2015) by The Family Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2015 (S.I. 2015/1420), rules 1(2), 4(b)(iii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in rule 11.1(2) omitted (17.7.2015) by virtue of The Family Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2015 (S.I. 2015/1420), rules 1(2), 4(b)(iv)(aa)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in rule 11.1(2) substituted (17.7.2015) by The Family Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2015 (S.I. 2015/1420), rules 1(2), 4(b)(iv)(bb)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "Section 63A was inserted by section 1 of the Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007 (c.20)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2955/rule/11.1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:22:56.480940+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."
}