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The Family Proceedings (Amendment No. 2) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2008

S.R. 2008/259 · Made 20 June 2008

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Family Proceedings

Supreme Court

County Courts

Made 20th June 2008

Coming into operation 5th September 2008

To be laid before Parliament

The Family Proceedings Rules Committee makes the following Rules in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 12 of the Family Law (Northern Ireland) Order 1993f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1993/1576 (N.I. 6), Article 12 was amended by paragraph 90 of Schedule 5 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c.4).

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment to the Family Proceedings Rules (Northern Ireland) 1996
  3. 3Amendment to the Family Proceedings Rules (Northern Ireland) 1996
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Rules may be cited as the Family Proceedings (Amendment No. 2) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2008 and shall come into operation on 5th September 2008.

2Amendment to the Family Proceedings Rules (Northern Ireland) 1996

The Family Proceedings Rules (Northern Ireland) 1996f1 shall be amended in accordance with rule 3 below.

3Amendment to the Family Proceedings Rules (Northern Ireland) 1996

In Part IVC, after rule 4C.8. insert—

“County courts prescribed as an authorised court

4C.

For the purposes of Article 2(2)(c) a county court specified as a family care centre in Schedule 2 to the Children (Allocation of Proceedings) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 is prescribed as an authorised court.”.

Signature

Brian Kerr

Declan Morgan

Reginald Weir

Anne Marie Kelly

Andrew Wells

Gemma Loughran

Hilary Wells

Dated 17th June 2008

Signed by the authority of the Lord Chancellor

In exercise of the powers conferred by Article 12A(2) of the Family Law (Northern Ireland) Order 1993, I allow these Rules.

David Hanson

Minister of State

Ministry of Justice

Dated 20th June 2008

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Rules)

These Rules amend the Family Proceedings Rules (Northern Ireland) 1996 [S.R. 1996 No. 322], which apply to proceedings in the High Court and county courts, to prescribe a county court specified as a family care centre in Schedule 2 to the Children (Allocation of Proceedings) (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 [S.R. 1996 No. 300] as an authorised court for the purposes of Article 2(2)(c) of the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 [S.I. 1987/2203 (N.I 22)].