Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Rules)

These Rules amend the Family Proceedings Rules so as—

(a)

to make consequential amendments following the enactment of the Civil Evidence Act 1995 (rules 2 and 3);

(b)

to introduce (in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the Civil Procedure Act 1997) a new procedure for applications for ancillary relief brought in certain specified courts (rules 4 and 5);

(c)

to reflect the change in name of chief clerk (rules 5 and 6); and

(d)

to relax for specified purposes the requirements for confidentiality in respect of the report of a guardian ad litem (rule 7).