{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-law-act-1996/section-64",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-law-act-1996/section-64.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/27",
  "legislation_title": "Family Law Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-law-act-1996",
  "path": "section/64",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "64",
  "heading": "Provision for separate representation for children.",
  "text": "(1) The Lord Chancellor may by regulations provide for the separate representation of children in proceedings in England and Wales which relate to any matter in respect of which a question has arisen, or may arise, under—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) Part IV;\n(c) the 1973 Act; . . .\n(d) the Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates’ Courts Act 1978 or\n(e) Schedule 5 or 6 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004.\n(2) The regulations may provide for such representation only in specified circumstances.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 64(1)(a) repealed (13.5.2014) by Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), ss. 18(2)(c), 139(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in s. 64(1)(c) repealed (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), ss. 261(1)(4), 263, Sch. 27 para. 152(1)(2), Sch. 30; S.I. 2005/3175, art. 2(2)(6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 64(1)(e) and word inserted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), ss. 261(1)(4), 263, Sch. 27 para. 152(1)(3); S.I. 2005/3175, art. 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1978 c. 22."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/27/section/64",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:31:06.048320+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."
}