{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-amendment-no-2-rules-2023/regulation-11",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2023/1324",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-amendment-no-2-rules-2023",
  "path": "regulation/11",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In rule 3.8(1) (circumstances in which the MIAM requirement does not apply (MIAM exemptions and mediator’s exemptions))—\n(a) for the sub-heading to sub-paragraph (a) for “violence” substitute “abuse”;\n(b) in sub-paragraph (a) for “violence” substitute “abuse”;\n(c) in sub-paragraph (c)(ii)(ad) for “unreasonable” substitute “significant financial”;\n(d) in the sub-heading to sub-paragraph (d) for “MIAM exemption” substitute “non-court dispute resolution attendance”;\n(e) in sub-paragraph (d)—\n(i) in paragraph (i)—\n(aa) for “participated in another form of” substitute “a”;\n(bb) after “resolution” insert “process”; and\n(cc) for “; or” substitute “; and”;\n(ii) for paragraph (ii) substitute—\n“(ii) where the person attended a non-court dispute resolution process, there is evidence of that attendance, as specified in Practice Direction 3A; or”;\n(f) omit sub-paragraphs (e), (g) and (i);\n(g) in sub-paragraph (k)—\n(i) before paragraph (i) insert—\n“(ai) the prospective applicant is not able to attend a MIAM online or by video-link and an explanation of why this is the case is provided to the court;”;\n(ii) in paragraph (i)—\n(aa) omit “or all of the prospective respondents are”; and\n(bb) after “attendance” insert “in person”;\n(iii) in paragraph (ii) for “three” both times it appears substitute “five”;\n(iv) in paragraph (iii)—\n(aa) for “such” substitute “the”;\n(bb) after “mediators” insert “contacted by the prospective applicant”;\n(cc) for “can be” substitute “are”; and\n(dd) omit “if requested”;\n(h) in sub-paragraph (l)—\n(i) omit “or all of the prospective respondents”;\n(ii) for “he or she is, or they are, as the case may be” substitute “the prospective applicant is”; and\n(iii) in paragraph (i)—\n(aa) for “he or she is or they are” substitute “the prospective applicant is”; and\n(bb) after “detained” insert “and facilities cannot be made available for them to attend a MIAM online or by video-link”;\n(i) omit sub-paragraph (m);\n(j) in sub-paragraph (n) omit “by virtue of Rules 12.3(1)”;\n(k) in sub-paragraph (o)—\n(i) before paragraph (i) insert—\n“(ai) the prospective applicant is not able to attend a MIAM online or by video-link and an explanation of why this is the case is provided to the court;”;\n(ii) in paragraph (i) for “three” both times it occurs substitute “five”;\n(iii) in paragraph (ii)—\n(aa) for “such” substitute “the”;\n(bb) after “mediators” insert “contacted by the prospective applicant”;\n(cc) for “can be” substitute “are”; and\n(dd) omit “if requested”; and\n(l) for sub-paragraph (p) substitute—\n“(p) —\n(i) the prospective applicant is not able to attend a MIAM online or by video-link;\n(ii) there is no authorised family mediator with an office within fifteen miles of the prospective applicant’s home; and\n(iii) an explanation of why this exemption applies is provided by the prospective applicant to the court.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1324/regulation/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:37:30.750480+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}