{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-amendment-no-5-rules-2005/rule-63",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-amendment-no-5-rules-2005/rule-63.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/2922",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Proceedings (Amendment) (No. 5) Rules 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-amendment-no-5-rules-2005",
  "path": "rule/63",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "63",
  "heading": "Amendments to the 1991 Rules",
  "text": "In rule 3.7—\n(a) in the title, at the end insert “or under section 66 of Act of 2004”;\n(b) in paragraph (1), after “nullity” insert “of marriage”;\n(c) after paragraph (1) insert—\n“(1A) Where any proceedings for dissolution, nullity of civil partnership or separation which are either pending in the principal registry, or are intended to be commenced there by the applicant are or will be treated as pending in a civil partnership proceedings county court, an application under section 66 by one of the parties to the civil partnership may be made to the principal registry as if it were a county court.”;\n(d) in paragraph (2), after “paragraph (1)” insert “or (1A)”;\n(e) in paragraph (3), after “Rule 1.4(1)” insert “(a)”; and\n(f) after paragraph (3) insert—\n“(4) Rule 1.4(1)(b) shall apply, with necessary modifications, to proceedings in, or intended to be commenced in, the principal registry under paragraph (1A) of this rule as it applies to civil partnership proceedings.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2922/rule/63",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:48:24.166904+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."
}