Article 9 Amendment of rule 11.6

In rule 11.6 (parties)—

(a)

before paragraph (1) insert—

“(A1)
Where the person who is the subject of proceedings is not the applicant and is a child, the court must consider, at every stage in the proceedings, whether to make that child a party to proceedings.

(For when a child should be made a party to proceedings generally see paragraph 7 of Practice Direction 16A).”;

(b)

in paragraph (3)(b) omit “forced marriage”; and

(c)

in paragraph (5)(a) omit “forced marriage”.