Article 3 Amendment of rule 8.20I1

England and Wales

In rule 8.20 (who the parties are)—

(a)

in paragraph (1), in the table, in the row relating to applications for declarations of parentage, in the second column (respondent)—

(i)

in paragraph (i) after “is in issue” insert “except where that person is a child”; and

(ii)

in paragraph (ii) after “is the applicant” insert “or is a child”; and

(b)

after paragraph (1) insert—

“(Under rule 16.2 the court may make a child a party to certain proceedings (including applications for declarations of parentage) where it considers that to be in the best interests of the child.)”.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Rule 3 in force at 3.10.2016, see rule 1