# The Family Procedure (Modification of Enactments) Order 2011, Article 6: Amendment of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980


In section 54—
(a) for the heading, substitute “Adjournment and stays”; and
(b) after subsection (2) insert—
“(3) In family proceedings a magistrates’ court may stay the whole or part of any proceedings or order either generally or until a specified date or event.
(4) Subsections (1) and (2) are subject, for the purpose of family proceedings in any magistrates’ court, to other provision made by Family Procedure Rules.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2011/9780111507513/article/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-family-procedure-modification-of-enactments-order-2011/article-6
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