{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-8.40",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-8.40.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/2955",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Procedure Rules 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010",
  "path": "rule/8.40",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "8.40",
  "heading": "Applications without notice",
  "text": "(1) This rule applies to an application under section 32L(1) of the 1991 Act.\n(2) The court may grant an application made without notice if it appears to the court that there are good reasons for not giving notice.\n(3) If the applicant makes an application without giving notice, the evidence in support of the application must state the reasons why notice has not been given.\n(4) If the court grants an application under paragraph (2)—\n(a) the order must include a provision allowing any respondent to apply to the court for an order to be reconsidered as soon as just and convenient at a full hearing; and\n(b) the applicant must, as soon as reasonably practicable, serve upon each respondent a copy of the order and a copy of the written evidence in support of the application.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2955/rule/8.40",
    "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."
}