{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-7.16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-7.16.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/2955",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Procedure Rules 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010",
  "path": "rule/7.16",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "7.16",
  "heading": "Further information about the contents of the application and the answer",
  "text": "(1) The court may at any time order a party—\n(a) to clarify any matter which is in dispute in the proceedings; or\n(b) to give additional information in relation to any such matter,\nwhether or not the matter is contained or referred to in the application for a matrimonial or civil partnership order, acknowledgment of service or in the answer.\n(2) Paragraph (1) is subject to any rule of law to the contrary.\n(3) Where the court makes an order under paragraph (1), the party against whom it is made must—\n(a) file the reply to the order made under paragraph (1); and\n(b) serve a copy of it on each of the other parties,\nwithin the time specified by the court.\n(4) The court may direct that information provided by a party to another party (whether given voluntarily or following an order made under paragraph (1)) must not be used for any purpose except for the proceedings in which it is given.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 7 substituted (6.4.2022) by The Family Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2022 (S.I. 2022/44), rule 1(3)(a), Sch. (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/7.16",
    "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."
}