{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-6.3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-6.3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/2955",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Procedure Rules 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010",
  "path": "rule/6.3",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "6.3",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to an application—\n(a) is a reference to an application for a matrimonial or civil partnership order; and\n(b) includes an application by a respondent ....\n(‘Jurisdiction’ is defined in rule 2.3.)\n(Part 7 deals with applications in matrimonial or civil partnership proceedings.)",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in rule 6.3(b) omitted (6.4.2022) by virtue of The Family Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2022 (S.I. 2022/44), rules 1(3)(a), 6(a) (with rule 29); S.I. 2022/283, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in rule 6.3 inserted (6.4.2022) by The Family Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2022 (S.I. 2022/44), rules 1(3)(a), 6(b) (with rule 29); S.I. 2022/283, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2955/rule/6.3",
    "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."
}