Rule 6 Amendments to the Family Procedure Rules 2010

In rule 5.3, after paragraph (2), insert—

“(3)

Where the application is made under Article 56 of the Maintenance Regulation^f1, or under Article 10 of the 2007 Hague Convention, the applicant is deemed to have requested the issue of the application by virtue of making the application for establishment or modification of a maintenance decision forwarded on his or her behalf by the Lord Chancellor.

[The Lord Chancellor is the Central Authority for England and Wales in relation to the 2007 Hague Convention and the Maintenance Regulation]”.