{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-amendment-rules-2001/article-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-amendment-rules-2001/article-15.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/15",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Family Proceedings Rules 1991",
  "text": "In rule 4.1(1)—\n(a) after the definition of “child”, insert—\n““children and family reporter” means an officer of the service who has been asked to prepare a welfare report under section 7(1)(a);\n“children’s guardian”—\n(a) means an officer of the service appointed under section 41 for the child with respect to whom the proceedings are brought; but\n(b) does not include such an officer appointed in relation to proceedings specified by Part IVA;”;\n(b) omit the definition of “guardian ad litem”; and\n(c) in the definition of “welfare officer”, for “section 7”, substitute “section 7(1)(b)”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 41 of the Children Act 1989 (c. 41) was amended by the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41), section 116, schedule 16, paragraph 17; and by the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (c. 43), section 74, schedule 7, part II, paragraphs 87 and 91(a)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/821/article/15",
    "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."
}