{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-courts-matrimonial-proceedings-etc-amendment-rules-1997/article-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-courts-matrimonial-proceedings-etc-amendment-rules-1997/article-17.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/17",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "For rule 25 there shall be substituted the following—\n“Proceedings with respect to which a single justice may discharge the functions of a court\n25 The following proceedings are prescribed as proceedings with respect to which a single justice may discharge the functions of a court, that is to say, proceedings—\n(a) in which an application is made ex parte for an occupation order or a non-molestation order under Part IV of the Family Law Act 1996;\n(b) in accordance with rules 3, 3A(2), (6) and (8), 4, 6 (except paragraph (2)), 7 to 14 and 20(4).”.",
  "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/17",
    "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."
}