Article 3 Composition: general
(1)
Subject to rules in this Part, the family court shall be composed of—
(a)
one of the following—
(i)
a judge of district judge level;
(ii)
a judge of circuit judge level; or
(iii)
a judge of High Court judge level; or
(b)
two or three lay justices.
(2)
Where paragraph (1)(b) applies, the court shall include, so far as is practicable, both a man and a woman.