{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-amendment-no-4-rules-2005/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/1976",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Proceedings (Amendment No 4) Rules 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-amendment-no-4-rules-2005",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "FAMILY PROCEEDINGS, ENGLAND AND WALES\nSUPREME COURT OF ENGLAND AND WALES\nCOUNTY COURTS, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 18th July 2005\nLaid before Parliament 19th July 2005\nComing into force 31st October 2005\nWe, the authority having power under section 40(1) and (4)(aa) of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 to make rules of court for the purposes of family proceedings in the High Court and county courts, in the exercise of the powers conferred by section 40 of that Act, make the following Rules:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1984 c. 42; section 40(1) was amended by the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41) and section 40(4) was amended by the Civil Procedure Act 1997 (c. 12), the Children Act 2004 (c. 31) and the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/1976/introduction",
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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."
}