{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-amendment-rules-2001/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-amendment-rules-2001/article-4.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/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Transitional provisions",
  "text": "Where—\n(a) before the coming into force of these Rules a person had been requested to prepare a welfare report in accordance with section 7(1)(a) of the Children Act 1989; and\n(b) the proceedings in which the report was requested are still continuing,\nthat person shall, for the purposes of the Family Proceedings Rules 1991, be treated as the children and family reporter in those proceedings.",
  "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/4",
    "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."
}