{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-amendment-rules-2001/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-amendment-rules-2001/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2001/821",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Proceedings (Amendment) Rules 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-amendment-rules-2001",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "FAMILY PROCEEDINGS, ENGLAND AND WALES\nSUPREME COURT OF ENGLAND AND WALES\nCOUNTY COURTS, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 6th March 2001\nLaid before Parliament 9th March 2001\nComing into force in accordance with rule 1\nWe, the authority having the power under section 40(1) of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 to make rules of court for the purposes of family proceedings in the High Court and county courts, in the exercise of the powers conferred by that section, make the following rules:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1984 c. 42. Section 40 was amended by paragraph 50 of Schedule 18 to the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41), and by paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the Civil Procedure Act 1997 (c. 12)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/821/introduction",
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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."
}