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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-amendment-no2-rules-2009/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/857",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Proceedings (Amendment) (No.2) Rules 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-amendment-no2-rules-2009",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Family Proceedings\nSupreme Court Of England And Wales\nCounty Courts, England And Wales\nMade 1st April 2009\nLaid before Parliament 6th April 2009\nComing into force 27th April 2009\nThe Family Proceedings Rule Committee makes the following Rules in exercise of the powers conferred by section 40(1) and (4)(aa) of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984:",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1984 c.42. Section 40(1) was amended by section 125(3) of and paragraph 50 of Schedule 18 to the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c.41) and section 15(1) of and paragraphs 379 and 380 of Schedule 4 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c.4) and will be repealed (on a date to be appointed) by section 109(1) of and paragraph 278 of Schedule 8 to, and Schedule 10 to, the Courts Act 2003 (c.39). Subsection (4) was amended by section 10 and paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the Civil Procedure Act 1997 (c.12) and section 261 and paragraph 95 of Schedule 27 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c.33). Subsection (4)(aa) was inserted by section 62(5) of the Children Act 2004 (c.31)."
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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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