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Article 3 Amendments to the Family Procedure Rules 2010I1I2

England and Wales

In rule 2.3—

(a)

in paragraph (1)—

(i)

after the definition of “hearsay”, insert—

  • ““incoming protection measure” means a protection measure that has been ordered in a Member State of the European Union other than the United Kingdom or Denmark;”; and

(ii)

after the definition of “protected party”, insert—

  • ““protection measure” has the meaning given to it in the Protection Measures Regulation;

  • “Protection Measures Regulation” means the Regulation (EU) No 606/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12th June 2013 on mutual recognition of protection measures in civil mattersf1;”; and

(b)

in paragraph (2)—

(i)

in sub-paragraph (a)—

(aa)

in paragraph (i), after the semi-colon, insert “or”; and

(bb)

omit paragraph (ii); and

(ii)

in sub-paragraph (c), omit the words after “cause”.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Rule 3(a) in force at 11.1.2015, see rule 1(2)

I2

Rule 3(b) in force at 6.4.2015, see art. 1(3)

Footnotes

f1

OJ L 181 29.6.2013 p4.