Article 14 Amendment to the 1996 Rules

In rule 2.12 (Consent to the grant of a decree)—

(a)

in the heading, after “decree” insert “or civil partnership order”;

(b)

in paragraph (1), after “decree”, in each place it appears, insert “or civil partnership order”;

(c)

in paragraph (2)—

(i)

after “decree” insert “or civil partnership order”; and

(ii)

for “none of the other facts mentioned in Article 3(2) of the Order of 1978” substitute “no other relevant fact”; and

(d)

after paragraph (2) insert—

“(3)

In this rule a “relevant fact” is—

(a)

in a matrimonial cause, one of the facts mentioned in Article 3(2) of the Order of 1978, and

(b)

in a civil partnership cause, one of the facts mentioned in section 168(5) of the Act of 2004.”.