Rule 4.18 Expert evidence—examination of child

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

rules 10.24-10.25 added by Family Proceedings 1993 rule 6
rules 2.71-2.77 revoked by Family Proceedings 1999 rule 19
rules 3.1-3.20 (Pt.III) am. (references to any of rules 2.52-2.70 shatl be read as references to those rules as they were before these rules came into force) by Family Proceedings 1999 rule 20
rules 3.21-3.23 added by Family Proceedings 1993 rule 4
rules 2.71-2.77 added by Family Proceedings 1997 rule 4
rule 2.45A-2.45B inserted by Family Proceedings 2003 rule 3

(1)

No person may, without the leave of the court, cause the child to be medically or psychiatrically examined, or otherwise assessed, for the purpose of the preparation of expert evidence for use in the proceedings.

(2)

An application for leave under paragraph (1) shall, unless the court otherwise directs, be served on all parties to the proceedings and on the guardian ad litem.

(3)

Where the leave of the court has not been given under paragraph (1), no evidence arising out of an examination or assessment to which that paragraph applies may be adduced without the leave of the court.