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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-courts-matrimonial-proceedings-etc-rules-1991/article-17",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/1991",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Proceedings Courts (Matrimonial Proceedings etc.) Rules 1991",
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  "path": "article/17",
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  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Orders made under section 6 in the absence of the respondent",
  "text": "For the purposes of subsection (9)(a), (b) and (c) of section 6 of the Act, evidence of the consent of the respondent to the making of the order, of the financial resources of the respondent and of the financial resources of the child shall be by way of a written statement in the appropriate form in Schedule 1 to these Rules signed by the respondent or, where the application is in respect of financial provision for a child and the child has completed the appropriate form, the child.",
  "extent": null,
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  "version": "current",
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      "affecting": "uksi/2005/2930",
      "affecting_title": "The Magistrates' Courts (Miscellaneous Amendments) Rules 2005"
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      "affecting_title": "The Magistrates' Courts (Miscellaneous Amendments) Rules 2005"
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  "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."
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