Section 48 Right of audience.

England and Wales

(1)

Any F1officer of the F2Secretary of State who is authorised by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this section shall have, in relation to any proceedings under this Act before F3the family court or a magistrates’ court, a right of audience and the right to conduct litigation.

(2)

In this section “right of audience” and “right to conduct litigation” have the same meaning as in section 119 of the M1Courts and Legal Services Act 1990.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in s. 48(1) substituted (4.9.1995) by Child Support Act 1995 (c. 34), s. 30(4), Sch. 3 para. 14; S.I. 1995/2302, art. 2, Sch. Pt. 1
F2: Words in s. 48(1) substituted (1.8.2012) by The Public Bodies (Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission: Abolition and Transfer of Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2007), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 58
F3: Words in s. 48(1) inserted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 11 para. 126; S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(e) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)

Marginal citations

M1: 1990 c. 41.

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1: Word in Act substituted (3.3.2003 for specified purposes) by Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c. 19), ss. 1(2)(b), 86(1)(a)(2) (with ss. 28, 83(6)); S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch.