{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-amendment-no2-rules-2007/article-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-amendment-no2-rules-2007/article-16.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/16",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Family Proceedings Rules 1991",
  "text": "(1) In rule 9.1(1)—\n(a) omit the definitions of –\n(i) “patient”,\n(ii) “person under disability”, and\n(iii) “Part VII”; and\n(b) in the appropriate alphabetical position, insert –\n““the 2005 Act” means the Mental Capacity Act 2005;\n“child” means a person under 18;\n“deputy” has the meaning given in section 16(2)(b) of the 2005 Act;\n“enduring power of attorney” has the meaning given in Schedule 4 to the 2005 Act;\n“lasting power of attorney” has the meaning given in section 9 of the 2005 Act;\n“protected party” means a party, or an intended party, who lacks capacity (within the meaning of the 2005 Act) to conduct the proceedings;”.\n(2) In rules 9.1(2) and (3), for each reference to “minors” substitute a reference to “children”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2005 c.9."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/2187/article/16",
    "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."
}