# The Family Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2025, Rule 5: Amendment of rule 30.3


In rule 30.3 (permission)—
(a) in paragraph (1B)(a) for “or costs judge” substitute “, costs judge, a lay justice or a bench of lay justices”;
(b) in paragraph (3) for “An” substitute “Subject to paragraph (3A), an”; and
(c) after paragraph (3) insert—
“(3A) Where an application for permission to appeal is against a decision—
(a) made by a lay justice or a bench of lay justices; or
(b) of a type specified for the purposes of this rule in Practice Direction 30A,
the application for permission to appeal must be made to the appeal court in an appeal notice.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/1242/rule/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-amendment-rules-2025/rule-5
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