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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-amendment-no-2-rules-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1056",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Proceedings (Amendment No. 2) Rules 1997",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "FAMILY PROCEEDINGS\nSUPREME COURT OF ENGLAND AND WALES\nCOUNTY COURTS\nMade 24th March 1997\nLaid before Parliament 24th March 1997\nComing into force 21st April 1997\nWe, the authority having power under section 40(1) of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 to make rules of court for the purposes of family proceedings in the High Court or county courts, in the exercise of the powers conferred by the said section 40, hereby make the following Rules—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1984 c. 42; section 40 was amended by the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41), Schedule 18, paragraph 50 and the Civil Procedure Act 1997 (c. 12), Schedule 2, paragraph 3."
    }
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  "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."
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