{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-amendment-rules-1991/article-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-amendment-rules-1991/article-12.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/2113",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Proceedings (Amendment) Rules 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-amendment-rules-1991",
  "path": "article/12",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "After paragraph (5) of rule 4.6 there shall be inserted the following new paragraphs—\n“(6) Before ordering the transfer of proceedings from a county court to a magistrates' court in accordance with the Allocation Order, the county court shall notify the magistrates' court of its intention to make such an order and invite the views of the clerk to the justices on whether such an order should be made.\n(7) An order transferring proceedings from a county court to a magistrates' court in accordance with the Allocation Order shall—\n(a) be in form CHA 66, and\n(b) be served by the court on the parties.\n(8) In this rule “the Allocation Order” means the Children (Allocation of Proceedings) Order 1991 or any Order replacing that Order.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1991/1677."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/2113/article/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:37:47.670074+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}