{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-5.5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-5.5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/2955",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Procedure Rules 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010",
  "path": "rule/5.5",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "5.5",
  "heading": "Filing documents with and sending documents to the court by e-mail",
  "text": "(1) A practice direction may make provision for documents to be filed with or sent to the court by e-mail.\n(2) Any such practice direction may—\n(a) provide that only particular categories of documents may be filed with or sent to the court by such means;\n(b) provide that particular provisions only apply in specified courts or court offices; and\n(c) specify the requirements that must be fulfilled for any document filed with or sent to the court by such means.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Rule 5.5 inserted (7.12.2015) by The Family Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2015 (S.I. 2015/1868), rules 1(2), 4"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2955/rule/5.5",
    "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."
}