{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-clerks-and-assistants-amendment-rules-2017/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2017/742",
  "legislation_title": "The Justices’ Clerks and Assistants (Amendment) Rules 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-clerks-and-assistants-amendment-rules-2017",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Family Court, England And Wales\nMade 11th July 2017\nLaid before Parliament 13th July 2017\nComing into force 7th August 2017\nThe Lord Chancellor makes the following Rules in exercise of the power conferred by sections 31O(1) and 31P(1) of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984, with the agreement of the President of the Family Division, as the judicial office holder nominated by the Lord Chief Justice under section 31O(8) of that Act.\nBefore making these Rules, the Lord Chancellor has consulted the Family Procedure Rule Committee in accordance with section 31O(1) of that Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1984 c. 42. Sections 31O and 31P were inserted by paragraph 1 of Schedule 10 to, the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/742/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:09:41.920174+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."
}