{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-amendment-rules-2001/article-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-amendment-rules-2001/article-12.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2001/821",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Proceedings (Amendment) Rules 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-amendment-rules-2001",
  "path": "article/12",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Family Proceedings Rules 1991",
  "text": "In rule 3.16—\n(a) in paragraph (4), for “A copy of the petition”, substitute “Except in the case of a petition under rule 3.13, a copy of the petition”;\n(b) for paragraph (5), substitute—\n“(5) If the Attorney General has notified the court that he wishes to intervene in the proceedings, the proper officer shall send to him a copy of any answer and, in the case of a petition under rule 3.13, of the petition and every document accompanying it”; and\n(c) in paragraph (7), for “necessary” substitute “desirable”, and after “does so consider” insert “and the Attorney General agrees to argue that question”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/821/article/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:57:59.353181+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."
}