{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-children-act-tribunal-regulations-2000/regulation-12",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2000/2619",
  "legislation_title": "Protection of Children Act Tribunal Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-children-act-tribunal-regulations-2000",
  "path": "regulation/12",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Withdrawal of application or opposition",
  "text": "(1) If the applicant at any time notifies the Secretary in writing, or states at a hearing, that he no longer wishes to pursue his application, the President (or at the hearing, the Tribunal) must without delay dismiss it, and may, subject to regulation 32(2), make a costs order.\n(2) If the respondent notifies the Secretary in writing, or states at a hearing, that he does not or no longer opposes the application, the President (or at the hearing, the Tribunal)—\n(a) must without delay determine the application in the applicant’s favour;\n(b) subject to regulation 32(2), may make a costs order; and\n(c) must consider making one.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/2619/regulation/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:16:08.427152+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."
}