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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-civil-partnership-staying-of-proceedings-rules-2005/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/2921",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Proceedings (Civil Partnership: Staying of Proceedings) Rules 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-civil-partnership-staying-of-proceedings-rules-2005",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "FAMILY PROCEEDINGS\nCIVIL PARTNERSHIP\nSUPREME COURT OF ENGLAND AND WALES\nCOUNTY COURTS, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 18th October 2005\nLaid before Parliament 25th October 2005\nComing into force 5th December 2005\nThe persons appointed under section 40(1) of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 make the following Rules in exercise of the powers conferred by that section as extended by section 223 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1984 c. 42; section 40 was amended by the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41), Schedule 18, paragraph 50 and will be repealed (on a date to be appointed) by the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), Schedule 8, paragraph 278 and Schedule 10."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2004 c. 33."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2921/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."
}