{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-enforcement-of-children-act-1989-contact-orders-rules-2008/rule-7",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2008/2859",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates’ Courts (Enforcement of Children Act 1989 Contact Orders) Rules 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-enforcement-of-children-act-1989-contact-orders-rules-2008",
  "path": "rule/7",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Modification of the 1991 Rules",
  "text": "In rule 2—\n(a) in paragraph (5)—\n(i) in sub-paragraph (d), delete “and”;\n(ii) in sub-paragraph (e), for “.” substitute “, and”; and\n(iii) after sub-paragraph (e), insert—\n“(f) under paragraph 5 of Schedule A1.”; and\n(b) after paragraph (5), insert—\n“(6) Proceedings under section 8(2)(a) of the Act of 2006 are prescribed as proceedings with respect to which a single justice may discharge the functions of a magistrates’ court.\n(7) In paragraph (6), “magistrates’ court” has the meaning given in section 148 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2859/rule/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:22:27.640092+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."
}