Article 1 Citation, commencement and transitional provisions
(1)
These rules may be cited as the Family Proceedings (Amendment No. 2) Rules 1999 and shall come into force on 5th June 2000.
(2)
The Family Proceedings Rules 1991f1, as amended by these rules, shall apply to proceedings commenced by Form A or B on or after 5th June 2000.
(3)
Where proceedings have been commenced before 5th June 2000:
(a)
the court may, if it considers it just to do so, direct that the Family Proceedings Rules 1991, as amended by these rules, shall apply to those proceedings; otherwise
(b)
the Family Proceedings Rules 1991 shall apply to those proceedings as if these rules had not been made.