{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-courts-matrimonial-proceedings-etc-amendment-rules-1997/article-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-courts-matrimonial-proceedings-etc-amendment-rules-1997/article-16.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1894",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Proceedings Courts (Matrimonial Proceedings etc) (Amendment) Rules 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-courts-matrimonial-proceedings-etc-amendment-rules-1997",
  "path": "article/16",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "For rule 24 there shall be substituted the following—\n“Setting aside on failure of service\n24 Where an application has been sent to a respondent in accordance with rule 4(1) and, after an order has been made on the application, it appears to the court that the application did not come to the knowledge of the respondent in due time, the court may of its own motion set aside the order and may give such directions as it thinks fit for the rehearing of the application.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1894/article/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:59:23.610229+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."
}