{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-law-act-1996-part-ivallocation-of-proceedings-order-1997/article-2",
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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/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Classes of county court",
  "text": "The classes of county court specified for the purposes of this Order are—\n(a) divorce county courts, being those courts designated for the time being as divorce county courts by an order under section 33 of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984;\n(b) family hearing centres, being those courts set out in Schedule 1 to the Children (Allocation of Proceedings) Order 1991; and\n(c) care centres, being those courts set out in column (ii) of Schedule 2 to that Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1984 c. 42."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I.1991/1677; the relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1994/3138 and 1995/1649."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I.1991/1677; the relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1994/2164, 3138 and 1995/1649."
    }
  ],
  "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/2",
    "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."
}