Article 1 Citation, commencement, interpretation and application

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Access to Justice Act 1999 (Destination of Appeals) (Family Proceedings) Order 2011 and shall come into force on 6th April 2011.

(2)

In this Order—

“costs judge” means a Taxing Master of the Senior Courts;
“decision” means a judgment, order or direction of the High Court or a county court;
“family proceedings” has the meaning assigned to it by section 32 of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984^f1.

(3)

This Order applies to a decision made in family proceedings in the High Court or a county court and has effect subject to—

(a)

any enactment that provides a different route of appeal (other than section 16(1) of the Senior Courts Act 1981^f2 or section 77(1) of the County Courts Act 1984^f3); and

(b)

any requirement to obtain permission to appeal.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1984 c.42.
f2: By virtue of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, Schedule 11, Part 1, paragraph 1 and Part 4, paragraph 26, the Supreme Court Act 1981 was renamed the Senior Courts Act 1981. Section 16 was amended by the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, Schedule 9, Part 1, paragraph 36(3) and article 7 of the Access to Justice Act 1999 (Destination of Appeals) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/1071).
f3: 1984 c.28. Section 77(1) was amended by the Civil Procedure Act 1997 (c.12), section 10, Schedule 2, paragraphs 2(1) and (2) and by article 8 of the Access to Justice Act 1999 (Destination of Appeals) Order 2000.