{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-amendment-no2-rules-2007/article-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-amendment-no2-rules-2007/article-15.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/2187",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Proceedings (Amendment) (No.2) Rules 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-amendment-no2-rules-2007",
  "path": "article/15",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Family Proceedings Rules 1991",
  "text": "After rule 4.17A insert the following rule—\n“Service of risk assessments\n44.17AA. (1) Where an officer of the service or a Welsh family proceedings officer has filed a risk assessment with the court, subject to paragraph (2), the proper officer shall as soon as practicable serve copies of the risk assessment on—\n(a) each party; and\n(b) any local authority that is preparing or has prepared a report under section 14A(8) or (9).\n(2) Before serving the risk assessment, the court must consider whether, in order to prevent a risk of harm to the child, it is necessary for—\n(a) information to be deleted from a copy of the risk assessment before that copy is served on a party; or\n(b) service of a copy of the risk assessment (whether with information deleted from it or not) on a party to be delayed for a specified period,\nand may direct accordingly.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/2187/article/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:46:57.805293+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."
}