# The Family Court (Composition and Distribution of Business) Rules 2014, Article 11: Chairman

Extent: E+W

(1) When the family court is composed of two or three lay justices, it shall sit under the chairmanship of a lay justice who has been approved to preside in accordance with the 2016 Rules.
(2) A lay justice may preside before being approved to preside in accordance with the 2016 Rules only if that lay justice is—
(a) under the supervision of another authorised lay justice who is approved to preside in accordance with the 2016 Rules; and
(b) has completed the training course required by rule 19 of the 2016 Rules.
(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4) This rule and rule 12 are subject to sections 18(1) and (2) of the Courts Act 2003 .

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/840/article/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/family-court-composition-and-distribution-of-business-rules-2014/article-11
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