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Article 14 Transfer from High Court to county court

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The High Court may, on application or of its own motion, transfer proceedings under Part IV to a county court where it considers that—

(a)

it would be appropriate for those proceedings to be heard together with other family proceedings which are pending in that court;

(b)

the proceedings are appropriate for determination in a county court; or

(c)

it is appropriate for an application made by a child under the age of eighteen to be heard in a county court.