Article 3 Amendment of Part 3A

In rule 3A.1 (interpretation)—

(a)

after the definition of “child” insert—

““domestic abuse” has the meaning given in section 1 of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021;”; and

(b)

after the definition of “participation direction” insert—

““relative” has the meaning given by section 63(1) of the 1996 Act^f1;

“victim” includes a child to whom section 3(2) of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 applies; and”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: The Family Law Act 1996 (c. 27). Section 63(1) was amended by paragraphs 85 and 88 of Schedule 3 to the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c. 38), paragraph 41 of Schedule 10 to the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (c. 28), paragraph 14 of Part 1 of Schedule 9 and Schedule 30 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007 (c. 20), paragraph 37 of Part 1 of Schedule 6 to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (c. 22), paragraphs 129 and 138 of Part 1 to Schedule 11 to the Crime and Courts Act 2013, section 18(2)(b) of the Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), paragraph 17 of Schedule 4 to the Serious Crime Act 2015 (c. 9) and S.I. 2018/1413.