Article 7 Amendment of rule 11.3

In rule 11.3 (permission to apply)—

(a)

before paragraph (1) insert—

“(A1)
An application for permission to apply for a protection order may be made without notice.”;

(b)

in paragraph (1)—

(i)

omit “forced marriage”;

(ii)

in sub-paragraph (a)(iv), before “the applicant’s” insert “in relation to an application for permission to apply for a forced marriage protection order only,”; and

(c)

in paragraph (4) omit “forced marriage”.