Paragraph 3 Courts Act 2003I1

The Courts Act 2003 is amended as follows.

In section 75 (Family Procedure Rules), after subsection (5) insert—

“(6)

Family Procedure Rules must be framed so as not to apply to proceedings that are governed by Online Procedure Rules except to such extent as may be provided by—

(a)

Online Procedure Rules,

(b)

directions under paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022, or

(c)

regulations under section 21(1)(b) of that Act.”

In section 81 (practice directions relating to family proceedings), at the end insert—

“(6)

Directions under this section do not apply to proceedings that are governed by Online Procedure Rules except—

(a)

to such extent as may be provided by—

(i)

Online Procedure Rules, or

(ii)

directions under paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022, or

(b)

to such extent as Family Procedure Rules apply to the proceedings by virtue of regulations under section 21(1)(b) of that Act.”