Article 6 Transfer of proceedings

Where, in any relevant proceedings, the justices' clerk or the court receives a request in writing from a party that the proceedings be transferred to another family proceedings court or to a county court, the justices' clerk or court shall issue a certificate in the appropriate form in Schedule 1 to these Rules, granting or refusing the request in accordance with any Order made by the Lord Chancellor under Part I of Schedule 11.

Where a request is granted under paragraph (1), the justices' clerk shall send a copy of the certificate–

Any consent given or refused by a justices' clerk in accordance with any Order made by the Lord Chancellor under Part I of Schedule 11 shall be recorded in writing by the justices' clerk at the time it is given or refused or as soon as practicable thereafter.

Where a request to transfer proceedings to a county court is refused under paragraph (1), the person who made the request may apply in accordance with rule 4.6 of the Family Proceedings Rules 1991^f1 for an order under any Order made by the Lord Chancellor under Part I of Schedule 11.