{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-12.69",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-12.69.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/2955",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Procedure Rules 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010",
  "path": "rule/12.69",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "12.69",
  "heading": "Request for consultation as to contemplated placement of child in England and Wales",
  "text": "(1) This rule applies to a request made —\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) under Article 33 of the 1996 Hague Convention by a court in another Contracting State\nfor consultation on or consent to the contemplated placement of a child in England and Wales.\n(2) Where the court receives a request directly from a court in another ... Contracting State, the court shall, as soon as practicable after receipt of the request, notify the domestic Central Authority of the request and take the appropriate action under paragraph (4).\n(3) Where it appears to the court officer that no proceedings relating to the child are pending before a court in England and Wales, the court officer must inform the domestic Central Authority of that fact and forward to the Central Authority all documents relating to the request sent by the court in the other ... Contracting State.\n(4) Where the court receives a request forwarded by the domestic Central Authority, the court must, as soon as practicable after receipt of the request, either—\n(a) where proceedings relating to the child are pending before the court, fix a directions hearing; or\n(b) where proceedings relating to the child are pending before another court in England and Wales, send a copy of the request to that court.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Rule 12.69(1)(a) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Family Procedure Rules 2010 and Court of Protection Rules 2017 (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/517), regs. 1(1), 9(18)(a) (with reg. 23) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1493, regs. 1(1), 8(2)(b)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in rule 12.69(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Family Procedure Rules 2010 and Court of Protection Rules 2017 (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/517), regs. 1(1), 9(18)(b) (with reg. 23) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1493, regs. 1(1), 8(2)(b)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in rule 12.69 substituted (30.9.2012) by The Family Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2012 (S.I. 2012/2046), rules 1, 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in rule 12.69(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Family Procedure Rules 2010 and Court of Protection Rules 2017 (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/517), regs. 1(1), 9(18)(b) (with reg. 23) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1493, regs. 1(1), 8(2)(b)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2955/rule/12.69",
    "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."
}