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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-courts-children-act-1989-amendment-rules-2001/article-17",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/818",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Proceedings Courts (Children Act 1989) (Amendment) Rules 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-courts-children-act-1989-amendment-rules-2001",
  "path": "article/17",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Where—\n(a) before the coming into force of these Rules a person has been appointed as guardian ad litem under section 41 of the Children Act 1989; and\n(b) the proceedings in which he was appointed are still continuing;\nthat person shall, for the purposes of the application of the 1991 Rules, be treated as if he had been appointed—\n(i) children’s guardian; or\n(ii) parental order reporter,\nas the case may be.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/818/article/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:58:02.238075+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."
}