Article 10 Amendments to the Family Proceedings Rules 1991

for paragraph (1) substitute—

“(1)

Within 14 days of service of an application for—

(a)

an order under section 4(1)(c);

(b)

a section 8 order;

(c)

an enforcement order;

(d)

a financial compensation order;

(e)

a special guardianship order;

(f)

an order under Schedule 1;

(g)

an order under Part 2 of Schedule A1; or

(h)

an order for a warning notice to which rule 4.4A(4) applies,

each respondent shall file, and serve on the parties, an acknowledgement of the application in Form C7 and, if both parts of question 6 or question 7 (or both) on Form C7 are answered in the affirmative, Form C1A.”; and

for paragraph (3) substitute—

“(3)

Following service of an application to which this Part applies, other than—

(a)

an application under rule 4.3; and

(b)

an application referred to in paragraph (1)(a), (b), (e) or (h),

a respondent may, subject to paragraph (4), file a written answer, which shall be served on the other parties.”.