Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

These Rules may be cited as the Justices’ Clerks and Assistants Rules 2014 and shall come into force on the day on which section 17(3) of the Crime and Courts Act 2013^f1 comes fully into force.

In these Rules—

• “the Act” means the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984;

• “assistant justices’ clerk” is an assistant to a justices’ clerk within the meaning of section 27(5) of the Courts Act 2003^f2;

• “CPA” means the Civil Partnership Act 2004^f3;

• “FPR” means the Family Procedure Rules 2010^f4;

• “MCA” means the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973^f5;

• “undefended case” has the meaning given in FPR rule 7.1(3);