# The Family Law Act 1996 (Part IV)(Allocation of Proceedings) Order 1997, Article 7: Transfer from one family proceedings court to another


A family proceedings court (“the transferring court”) shall (on application or of its own motion) transfer proceedings under Part IV to another family proceedings court (“the receiving court”) where—
(a) the transferring court considers that it would be appropriate for those proceedings to be heard together with other family proceedings which are pending in the receiving court; and
(b) the receiving court, by its justices' clerk (as defined by rule 1(2) of the Family Proceedings Courts (Children Act 1989) Rules 1991), consents to the transfer.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1896/article/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/family-law-act-1996-part-ivallocation-of-proceedings-order-1997/article-7
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