Article 1 Citation, commencement and transitional

These Rules may be cited as the Family Proceedings Courts (Matrimonial Proceedings etc.) Rules 1991 and shall come into force on 14th October 1991 except that paragraph 3(7) of Schedule 2 to these Rules shall come into force on 7th October 1991.

Nothing in these Rules shall affect any proceedings which are pending (within the meaning of paragraph 1 of Schedule 14 to the Children Act 1989^f1) immediately before these Rules come into force.