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The Children and Families Act 2014 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2014

S.I. 2014/793 · Made 20 March 2014

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Family Proceedings

Made 20th March 2014

The Lord Chancellor makes the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 139(3) of the Children and Families Act 2014f1:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2014 c.6.

Contents

  1. 1Citation
  2. 2Provisions coming into force on 22nd April 2014
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation

This Order may be cited as the Children and Families Act 2014 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2014.

2Provisions coming into force on 22nd April 2014

The day appointed for the coming into force of sections 10, 13 and 17 of the Children and Families Act 2014 is 22nd April 2014.

Signature

Signed by the authority of the Lord Chancellor

Simon Hughes

Minister of State

Ministry of Justice

20th March 2014

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings sections 10 (Family mediation information and assessment meetings), 13 (Control of expert evidence, and of assessments, in children proceedings) and 17 (Repeal of restrictions on divorce and dissolution etc where there are children) of the Children and Families Act 2014 into force on 22nd April 2014.