{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-3.9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-3.9.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/2955",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Procedure Rules 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010",
  "path": "rule/3.9",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "3.9",
  "heading": "Conduct of MIAMs",
  "text": "(1) Only an authorised family mediator may conduct a MIAM.\n(2) At the MIAM, the authorised family mediator must—\n(a) provide information about the principles, process and different models of mediation, and information about other methods of non-court dispute resolution;\n(b) consider and explain the potential benefits of mediation and other methods of non-court dispute resolution as a means of resolving the dispute;\n(c) assess whether there has been, or is a risk of, domestic abuse;\n(d) assess whether there has been, or is a risk of, harm by a prospective party to a child that would be a subject of the application;\n(e) indicate to those attending the MIAM which form, or forms, of non-court dispute resolution may be most suitable as a means of resolving the dispute, and why; and\n(f) where sub-paragraph (e) applies, provide information to those attending the MIAM about how to proceed with the form, or forms, of non-court dispute resolution in question.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 3 substituted (22.4.2014) by The Family Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/843), rules 1, 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Rule 3.9(2)(b) substituted (29.4.2024) by The Family Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/1324), rules 1(3)(b), 13(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in rule 3.9(2)(c) substituted (29.4.2024) by The Family Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/1324), rules 1(3)(b), 13(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in rule 3.9(2)(d) substituted (29.4.2024) by The Family Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/1324), rules 1(3)(b), 13(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Rule 3.9(2)(e)(f) inserted (29.4.2024) by The Family Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/1324), rules 1(3)(b), 13(d)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2955/rule/3.9",
    "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."
}