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FAMILY PROCEEDINGS

SUPREME COURT OF ENGLAND AND WALES

COUNTY COURTS

Made 24th March 1997

Laid before Parliament 24th March 1997

Coming into force 21st April 1997

We, the authority having power under section 40(1) of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984^f1 to make rules of court for the purposes of family proceedings in the High Court or county courts, in the exercise of the powers conferred by the said section 40, hereby make the following Rules—

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f1: 1984 c. 42; section 40 was amended by the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41), Schedule 18, paragraph 50 and the Civil Procedure Act 1997 (c. 12), Schedule 2, paragraph 3.