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Article 15 Amendments to the Family Proceedings Rules 1991

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

In rule 4.1(1)—

(a)

after the definition of “child”, insert—

  • ““children and family reporter” means an officer of the service who has been asked to prepare a welfare report under section 7(1)(a);

  • “children’s guardian”—

    1. (a)

      means an officer of the service appointed under section 41f1 for the child with respect to whom the proceedings are brought; but

    2. (b)

      does not include such an officer appointed in relation to proceedings specified by Part IVA;”;

(b)

omit the definition of “guardian ad litem”; and

(c)

in the definition of “welfare officer”, for “section 7”, substitute “section 7(1)(b)”.

Annotations

Footnotes

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Section 41 of the Children Act 1989 (c. 41) was amended by the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41), section 116, schedule 16, paragraph 17; and by the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (c. 43), section 74, schedule 7, part II, paragraphs 87 and 91(a).