{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-courts-family-law-act-1986-rules-2001/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/778",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Proceedings Courts (Family Law Act 1986) Rules 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-courts-family-law-act-1986-rules-2001",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Rules)\nThese Rules prescribe the procedure to be followed in family proceedings courts on applications for declarations of parentage under section 55A of the Family Law Act 1986, which was introduced by section 83 of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000. Proceedings under section 55A replace those under section 56(1)(a) of the Family Law Act 1986, which were brought in the High Court and county courts, and those under section 27 of the Child Support Act 1991, which were brought in family proceedings courts and were limited to cases involving child support where paternity was in issue. The procedure closely follows that now prescribed in the Family Proceedings Rules 1991 for applications under section 55A in the High Court and county courts.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/778/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:58:44.921823+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."
}