{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-25.2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-25.2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/2955",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Procedure Rules 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010",
  "path": "rule/25.2",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "25.2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Part—\n...\n“children proceedings” means—\n(a)proceedings referred to in rules 12.1 and 14.1 and any other proceedings which relate wholly or mainly to the maintenance or upbringing of a minor;\n(b)applications for permission to start proceedings mentioned in paragraph (a);and\n(c)applications made in the course of proceedings mentioned in paragraph (a);\n“expert” means a person who provides expert evidence for use in proceedings;\n(Section 13(8) of the 2014 Act provides for what is not included in reference to providing expert evidence or putting expert evidence before the court in children proceedings)\n...\n“regulated expert” means an expert who is—\n(a)regulated by a UK statutory body;\n(b)on a register accredited by the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care; or\n(c)regulated by an approved regulator under the Legal Services Act 2007;\n“single joint expert” means a person who provides expert evidence for use in proceedings on behalf of two or more of the parties (including the applicant) to the proceedings;\n“technical expert” means an expert who provides evidence on—\n(a)digital forensics;\n(b)DNA testing;\n(c)handwriting analysis; or\n(d)toxicology testing.\n(2) The meaning of “children proceedings” in paragraph (1) is the prescribed meaning for the purposes of section 13(9) of the 2014 Act.\n(Regulation 3 of the Restriction on the Preparation of Adoption Reports Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/1711) sets out which persons are within a prescribed description for the purposes of section 94(1) of the 2002 Act.)",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 25 substituted (31.1.2013) by The Family Procedure (Amendment) (No.5) Rules 2012 (S.I. 2012/3061), rule 1, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in rule 25.2 omitted (22.4.2014) by virtue of The Family Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/843), rules 1, 45(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in rule 25.2 inserted (22.4.2014) by The Family Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/843), rules 1, 45(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in rule 25.2 omitted (22.4.2014) by virtue of The Family Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/843), rules 1, 45(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in rule 25.2 inserted (20.7.2026) by The Family Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/699), rules 1(3), 4(a) (with rule 6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in rule 25.2 inserted (20.7.2026) by The Family Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/699), rules 1(3), 4(b) (with rule 6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Rule 25.2(2) substituted (22.4.2014) by The Family Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/843), rules 1, 45(d)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2955/rule/25.2",
    "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."
}