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Rule 2 Citation, commencement and interpretation

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

In these Rules—

  • “the 1989 Act” means the Children Act 1989f1;

  • “the 1991 Rules” means the Family Proceedings Courts (Children Act 1989) Rules 1991f2; and

  • “magistrates’ court” has the meaning given in section 148 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980f3.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

1989 c.41.

f2

S.I. 1991/1395. Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1991/1991, 1992/2068, 1994/2166 and 3156, 1997/1895, 2001/615 and 818, 2003/2840, 2004/3376, 2005/229, 413, 585, 617 and 2930 and 2007/2188.

f3

Section 148 was amended by section 109(1) of and paragraph 248 of Schedule 8 to the Courts Act 2003.