{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-16.32",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-16.32.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/2955",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Procedure Rules 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010",
  "path": "rule/16.32",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "16.32",
  "heading": "The duties of the reporting officer",
  "text": "(1) The reporting officer must witness the signature by a parent or guardian on the document in which consent is given to—\n(a) the placing of the child for adoption;\n(b) the making of an adoption order; or\n(c) the making of a section 84 order.\n(2) The reporting officer must carry out such other duties as are set out in Practice Direction 16A.\n(3) A report to the court by the reporting officer is confidential.\n(4) The reporting officer's duties must be exercised in accordance with Practice Direction 16A.",
  "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/16.32",
    "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."
}