Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

These Rules may be cited as the Family Proceedings (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2003 and shall come into force—

(a)

for the purpose of rules 1 to 3, 5 and 6 and the Schedule, on 1st December 2003; and

(b)

otherwise, on the date on which section 111 (Parental responsibility of unmarried father) of the Adoption and Children Act 2002^f1 comes into force.

(2)

In these Rules, unless the context requires otherwise, a reference to a rule, Appendix or form by number alone means the rule, Appendix or form so numbered in the Family Proceedings Rules 1991^f2.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 2002 c. 38.
f2: S.I. 1991/1247; the relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1991/2113 and 1994/3155.