{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-amendment-rules-2008/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2008/2446",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Proceedings (Amendment) Rules 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-amendment-rules-2008",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Family Proceedings\nSupreme Court Of England And Wales\nCounty Courts, England And Wales\nMade 16th September 2008\nLaid before Parliament 18th September 2008\nComing into force as provided in rule 1(2)\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:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1984 c.42. Section 40(1) was amended by section 25(3) of and paragraph 50 of Schedule 18 to the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c.41), section 62(5) of the Children Act 2004 (c.31) and section 15(1) of and paragraphs 379 and 380 of Schedule 4 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c.4) and will be repealed (on a date to be appointed) by section 109(1) of and paragraph 278 of Schedule 8 to, and Schedule 10 to, the Courts Act 2003 (c.39). Section 40(4) was inserted by section 62(5) of the Children Act 2004 (c.31)."
    }
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2446/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."
}