{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-law-act-1996-part-ivallocation-of-proceedings-order-1997/article-16",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1896",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Law Act 1996 (Part IV)(Allocation of Proceedings) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-law-act-1996-part-ivallocation-of-proceedings-order-1997",
  "path": "article/16",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Principal Registry of the Family Division",
  "text": "(1) The principal registry of the Family Division of the High Court shall be treated, for the purposes of this Order, as if it were a divorce county court, a family hearing centre and a care centre.\n(2) Without prejudice to article 10, the principal registry may transfer an order made in proceedings which are pending in the principal registry to the High Court for enforcement.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "uksi/2005/2924",
      "affecting_title": "The Family Law Act 1996 (Part IV)(Allocation of Proceedings)(Amendment) Order 2005"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1896/article/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:59:13.963370+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}