{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-22.2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-22.2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/2955",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Procedure Rules 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010",
  "path": "rule/22.2",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "22.2",
  "heading": "Evidence of witnesses – general rule",
  "text": "(1) The general rule is that any fact which needs to be proved by the evidence of witnesses is to be proved—\n(a) at the final hearing, by their oral evidence; and\n(b) at any other hearing, by their evidence in writing.\n(2) The general rule does not apply—\n(a) to proceedings under Part 12 for secure accommodation orders, interim care orders or interim supervision orders; or\n(b) where an enactment, any of these rules, a practice direction or a court order provides to the contrary.\n(Section 45(7) of the Children Act 1989 (emergency protection orders) is an example of an enactment which makes provision relating to the evidence that a court may take into account when hearing an application.)",
  "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/22.2",
    "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."
}