{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-22.7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-22.7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/2955",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Procedure Rules 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010",
  "path": "rule/22.7",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "22.7",
  "heading": "Evidence at hearings other than the final hearing",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph(2), the general rule is that evidence at hearings other than the final hearing is to be by witness statement unless the court, any other rule, a practice direction or any other enactment requires otherwise.\n(2) At hearings other than the final hearing, a party may rely on the matters set out in that party's—\n(a) application form;\n(b) application notice; or\n(c) answer,\nif the application form, application notice or answer, as the case may be, is verified by a statement of truth or if the court gives that party permission to do so without such verification.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in rule 22.7(2) inserted (20.12.2012) by The Family Procedure (Amendment No. 4) Rules 2012 (S.I. 2012/2806), rules 1, 17"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2955/rule/22.7",
    "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."
}