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Article 6 Amendment of rule 16.5I1

England and Wales

In rule 16.5 (requirement for a litigation friend)—

(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, where a child is—

(a)

a party to proceedings under section 55A of the 1986 Act; but

(b)

not the person whose parentage is in dispute in those proceedings,

the child must have a litigation friend to conduct proceedings on the child’s behalf.”; and

(c)

in paragraph (2), after “paragraph (1)” insert “or paragraph (1A)”.

Annotations

Commencement

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Rule 6 in force at 3.10.2016, see rule 1