{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-14.12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-14.12.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/2955",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Procedure Rules 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010",
  "path": "rule/14.12",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "14.12",
  "heading": "Health reports",
  "text": "(1) Reports by a registered medical practitioner (“health reports”) made not more than 3 months earlier on the health of the child and of each applicant must be attached to an application for an adoption order or a section 84 order except where—\n(a) the child was placed for adoption with the applicant by an adoption agency;\n(b) the applicant or one of the applicants is a parent of the child; or\n(c) the applicant is the partner of a parent of the child.\n(2) Health reports must contain the matters set out in Practice Direction 14D.\n(3) A health report is confidential.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2955/rule/14.12",
    "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."
}