{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-courts-children-act-1989-amendment-rules-2001/article-9",
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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/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In rule 13—\n(a) in paragraph (1), after “welfare officer” insert “in accordance with section 7(1)(b)”; and\n(b) after paragraph (3) insert—\n“(3A) The welfare officer shall consider whether it is in the best interests of the child for the child to be made a party to the proceedings.\n(3B) If the welfare officer considers the child should be made a party to the proceedings he shall notify the court of his opinion together with the reasons for that opinion.”.",
  "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/9",
    "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."
}