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Article 13 Amendments to the Family Proceedings Rules 1991

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

In rule 8.3—

(a)

renumber the existing text as paragraph (1);

(b)

in paragraph (1), omit “and rule 8.2(4) shall apply, with the necessary modifications, to such proceedings”; and

(c)

after paragraph (1), insert—

“(2)

On entering the appeal, or as soon as practicable thereafter, the appellant shall, unless otherwise directed, lodge in the principal registry—

(a)

three certified copies of the summons and of the order appealed against, and of any order staying its execution;

(b)

three copies of the clerk’s notes of the evidence;

(c)

three copies of the justices’ reasons for their decision;

(d)

a certificate that notice of motion has been duly served on the clerk and on every party affected by the appeal; and

(e)

where the notice of motion includes an application to extend the time for bringing the appeal, a certificate (and a copy) by the appellant’s solicitor, or the appellant if he is acting in person, setting out the reasons for the delay and the relevant dates.”.