# The Magistrates' Courts (Family Law Act 1986) Rules 1988, Article 2: Interpretation


(1) In these Rules the following expressions have the meaning hereby respectively assigned to them—
“the Act” means the Family Law Act 1986;
“commission area” has the same meaning as in the Justices of the Peace Act 1979;
“custody order” means a custody order within the meaning of any of sections 1, 32, 40 and 42(5) and (6) of the Act;
“the appropriate court” means, in relation to Scotland, the Court of Session and, in relation to Northern Ireland, the High Court;
“the Deputy Principal Clerk” means the Deputy Principal Clerk of Session;
“the Master” means the Master (Care and Protection) of the High Court in Northern Ireland.
(2) Any requirement in these Rules for any matter to be entered in the register of a magistrates' court is a requirement that it be entered in the register kept by the clerk of that court in accordance with Rule 66 of the Magistrates' Courts Rules 1981.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/329/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-family-law-act-1986-rules-1988/article-2
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