# The Family Law Act 1996 (Part IV)(Allocation of Proceedings) Order 1997, Article 11: Transfer from county court to family proceedings court


A county court may, on application or of its own motion, transfer proceedings under Part IV to a family proceedings court where—
(a) it considers that it would be appropriate for those proceedings to be heard together with other family proceedings which are pending in that court; or
(b) it considers that the criterion
(i) in article 8(1)(a) no longer applies because the proceedings with which the transferred proceedings were to be heard have been determined;
(ii) in article 8(1)(b) or (c) does not apply.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1896/article/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/family-law-act-1996-part-ivallocation-of-proceedings-order-1997/article-11
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.