UK Statutory Instrument SI 2005/2795 United Kingdom

The Family Procedure (Adoption) Rules 2005

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s.art043 Service of documents Regulated
  • Provide translated documents when serving adoption papers abroadAny Person
182 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.art001 The overriding objective
s.art002 Application by the court of the overriding objective
s.art003 Duty of the parties
s.art004 Court’s duty to manage cases
s.art005 Extent and application of other rules
s.art006 Interpretation
s.art007 Power to perform functions of the court
s.art008 Court’s discretion as to where it deals with cases
s.art009 Court documents
s.art010 Computation of time
s.art011 Dates for compliance to be calendar dates and to include time of day
s.art012 The court’s general powers of management
s.art013 Exercise of powers of court’s own initiative
s.art014 Court officer’s power to refer to the court
s.art015 General power of the court to rectify matters where there has been an error of procedure
s.art016 Power of the court to make civil restraint orders
s.art017 Forms
s.art018 Documents to be attached to the application form
s.art019 How to start proceedings
s.art020 Application for a serial number
s.art021 Personal details
s.art022 Application of this Part
s.art023 Who the parties are
s.art024 What the court or a court officer will do when the application has been issued
s.art025 Date for first directions hearing
s.art026 The first directions hearing
s.art027 Requesting the court to dispense with the consent of any parent or guardian
s.art028 Consent
s.art029 Reports by the adoption agency or local authority
s.art030 Health reports
s.art031 Notice of final hearing
s.art032 The final hearing
s.art033 Proof of identity of the child
s.art034 Scope of this Part
s.art035 Methods of service
s.art036 Who is to serve
s.art037 Service of documents on children and patients
s.art038 Deemed service
s.art039 Power of court to dispense with service
s.art040 Certificate of service
s.art041 Notice of non-service
s.art042 Scope and definitions
s.art044 Method of service – general provisions
s.art045 Service through foreign governments, judicial authorities and British Consular authorities
s.art046 Procedure where service is to be through foreign governments, judicial authorities and British Consular authorities
s.art047 Service in accordance with the
s.art048 Undertaking to be responsible for expenses of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
s.art049 Application of this Section
s.art050 Requirement for litigation friend in proceedings
s.art051 Circumstances in which the non-subject child does not need a litigation friend
s.art052 Stage of proceedings at which a litigation friend becomes necessary
s.art053 Who may be a litigation friend for a patient without a court order
s.art054 How a person becomes a litigation friend without a court order
s.art055 How a person becomes a litigation friend by court order
s.art056 Court’s power to change litigation friend and to prevent person acting as litigation friend
s.art057 Appointment of litigation friend by court order – supplementary
s.art058 Procedure where appointment of litigation friend comes to an end
s.art059 Appointment of children’s guardian
s.art060 What the court or a court officer will do once the court has made a decision about appointing a children’s guardian
s.art061 Termination of the appointment of the children’s guardian
s.art062 Powers and duties of the children’s guardian
s.art063 How the children’s guardian exercises his duties – investigations and appointment of solicitor
s.art064 Where the child instructs a solicitor or conducts proceedings on his own behalf
s.art065 How the children’s guardian exercises his duties – attendance at court, advice to the court and reports
s.art066 How the children’s guardian exercises his duties – service of documents and inspection of records
s.art067 How the children’s guardian exercises his duties – communication of a court’s decision to the child
s.art068 Solicitor for child
s.art069 When the court appoints a reporting officer
s.art070 Appointment of the same reporting officer in respect of two or more parents or guardians
s.art071 The duties of the reporting officer
s.art072 How the reporting officer exercises his duties
s.art073 Request by court for a welfare report in respect of the child
s.art074 How the children and family reporter exercises his powers and duties
s.art075 Persons who may not be appointed as children’s guardian, reporting officer or children and family reporter
s.art076 Appointment of the same person as children’s guardian, reporting officer and children and family reporter
s.art077 Confidential reports to the court and disclosure to the parties
s.art078 Communication of information relating to proceedings
s.art079 Orders for disclosure against a person not a party
s.art080 Rules not to limit other powers of the court to order disclosure
s.art081 Claim to withhold inspection or disclosure of a document
s.art082 Custody of documents
s.art083 Inspection and copies of documents
s.art084 Disclosing information to an adopted adult
s.art085 Translation of documents
s.art086 Types of application for which Part 9 procedure may be followed
s.art087 Application notice to be filed
s.art088 Notice of an application
s.art089 Time when an application is made
s.art090 What an application notice must include
s.art091 Service of a copy of an application notice
s.art092 Applications which may be dealt with without a hearing
s.art093 Service of application where application made without notice
s.art094 Application to set aside or vary order made without notice
s.art095 Power of the court to proceed in the absence of a party
s.art096 Dismissal of totally without merit applications
s.art097 Types of application for which Part 10 procedure may be followed
s.art098 Contents of the application
s.art099 Issue of application without naming respondents
s.art100 Acknowledgement of service
s.art101 Consequence of not filing an acknowledgement of service
s.art102 Filing and serving written evidence
s.art103 Evidence – general
s.art104 Procedure where respondent objects to use of the Part 10 procedure
s.art105 Applications under section 60(3) and 79(4) or rule 108
s.art106 Withdrawal of application
s.art107 Application for recovery orders
s.art108 Inherent jurisdiction and fathers without parental responsibility
s.art109 Timing of applications for section 89 order
s.art110 Costs
s.art111 Orders
s.art112 Copies of orders
s.art113 Amendment and revocation of orders
s.art114 Keeping of registers
s.art115 Procedure for disputing the court’s jurisdiction
s.art116 Human Rights Act 1998
s.art117 Scope of this Part
s.art118 Order for interim injunction
s.art119 Time when an order for an interim injunction may be made
s.art120 How to apply for an interim injunction
s.art121 Interim injunction to cease if application is stayed
s.art122 Making an admission
s.art123 Power of court to control evidence
s.art124 Evidence of witnesses – general rule
s.art125 Evidence by video link or other means
s.art126 Service of witness statements for use at final hearing
s.art127 Use at final hearing of witness statements which have been served
s.art128 Evidence in proceedings other than at final hearing
s.art129 Order for cross-examination
s.art130 Form of witness statement
s.art131 Witness summaries
s.art132 Cross-examination on a witness statement
s.art133 False statements
s.art134 Affidavit evidence
s.art135 Form of affidavit
s.art136 Affidavit made outside the jurisdiction
s.art137 Notarial acts and instruments
s.art138 Use of plans, photographs and models as evidence
s.art139 Evidence of finding on question of foreign law
s.art140 Scope of this Section
s.art141 Witness summonses
s.art142 Issue of a witness summons
s.art143 Time for serving a witness summons
s.art144 Who is to serve a witness summons
s.art145 Right of witness to travelling expenses and compensation for loss of time
s.art146 Evidence by deposition
s.art147 Conduct of examination
s.art148 Enforcing attendance of witness
s.art149 Use of deposition at a hearing
s.art150 Where a person to be examined is out of the jurisdiction – letter of request
s.art151 Fees and expenses of examiner of the court
s.art152 Interpretation
s.art153 Where a person to be examined is in another Regulation State
s.art154 Duty to restrict expert evidence
s.art155 Interpretation
s.art156 Experts – overriding duty to the court
s.art157 Court’s power to restrict expert evidence
s.art158 General requirement for expert evidence to be given in a written report
s.art159 Written questions to experts
s.art160 Court’s power to direct that evidence is to be given by a single joint expert
s.art161 Instructions to a single joint expert
s.art162 Power of court to direct a party to provide information
s.art163 Contents of report
s.art164 Use by one party of expert’s report disclosed by another
s.art165 Discussions between experts
s.art166 Consequence of failure to disclose expert’s report
s.art167 Expert’s right to ask court for directions
s.art168 Change of solicitor – duty to give notice
s.art169 Order that a solicitor has ceased to act
s.art170 Removal of solicitor who has ceased to act on application of another party
s.art171 Scope and interpretation
s.art172 Parties to comply with the practice direction
s.art173 Permission
s.art174 Appellant’s notice
s.art175 Respondent’s notice
s.art176 Variation of time
s.art177 Stay
s.art178 Amendment of appeal notice
s.art179 Striking out appeal notices and setting aside or imposing conditions on permission to appeal
s.art180 Appeal court’s powers
s.art181 Hearing of appeals
s.art182 Assignment of appeals to the Court of Appeal
s.art183 Reopening of final appeals

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