Amendments to the Court of Protection Rules 2007

20.  In rule 46—

(a) in paragraph (1)—

(i) after “provide P with”, insert “, or arrange for P to be provided with,”; and

(ii) for “42” substitute “41A”;

(b) in paragraph (3)—

(i) for “21” substitute “14”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (b), for “order” substitute “decision”;

(iii) at the end of sub-paragraph (b), omit “or”;

(iv) for the comma at the end of sub-paragraph (c) substitute “; and”; and

(v) after sub-paragraph (c) insert—

“(d) the order referred to in rule 44(4) was served upon the person who is required to effect notification of P under that rule,”; and

(c) after paragraph (3) insert—

“(4) Where the provisions of rule 40(4) apply, paragraphs (1) and (2) of this rule do not apply and the person effecting notification may provide information and documents of which P must be notified to the person to be notified under rule 40(4), by any method by which service of documents would be permitted under rule 31.”.