# The Family Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2016, Article 5: Amendment of rule 16.4

Extent: E+W

In rule 16.4 (appointment of a children’s guardian in proceedings not being specified proceedings or proceedings to which Part 14 applies)—
(a) in paragraph (1) for “Without” substitute “Except in proceedings under section 55A of the 1986 Act and without”;
(b) after paragraph (1) insert—
“(1A) Without prejudice to rule 16.6, in proceedings under section 55A of the 1986 Act, the court must appoint a children’s guardian for a child where—
(a) the court has made the child a party in accordance with rule 16.2; and
(b) the child is the person whose parentage is in dispute in those proceedings.”; and
(c) in paragraph (2), after “paragraph (1)” insert “or paragraph (1A)”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/901/article/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-amendment-no-2-rules-2016/article-5
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