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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-family-law-act-1986-rules-1988/article-7",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/329",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates' Courts (Family Law Act 1986) Rules 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-family-law-act-1986-rules-1988",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Stay of proceedings",
  "text": "(1) Where under section 5(2) of the Act a magistrates' court stays proceedings on an application for a custody order it shall cause notice of the stay to be given to the parties to the proceedings.\n(2) Where under section 5(3) of the Act a magistrates' court removes a stay granted in accordance with section 5(2) it shall cause notice of the removal of the stay to be given to the parties to the proceedings and shall proceed to deal with the application accordingly.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/329/article/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:11:05.382887+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."
}