# The Magistrates' Courts (Family Law Act 1986) Rules 1988, Article 3: Registration of custody orders


(1) An application under section 27 of the Act for the registration in the appropriate court of a custody order made by a magistrates' court in England and Wales shall be made in writing in Form 1 in the Schedule to these Rules or in a similar form containing the information specified in the said Form 1, to the court which made the order.
(2) An application to which paragraph (1) above relates shall be accompanied by the following documents, namely—
(a) a certified copy of the order;
(b) where the order has been varied, a certified copy of any variation order which is in force;
(c) any other document relevant to the application.
(3) Subject to paragraph (4) below, if it appears to the court to which an application is made in accordance with paragraphs (1) and (2) above that the order to which the application relates is in force it shall cause the clerk of the court to send a copy of the application, together with copies of the documents set out in paragraph (2) above, to the Deputy Principal Clerk or the Master of the appropriate court, or to both, as the case may be.
(4) If it appears to the court to which an application is made in accordance with paragraphs (1) and (2) above that the order to which the application relates is no longer in force in respect of a child in respect of whom the order was made or that any such child has attained the age of 16, it shall refuse to send the documents referred to in paragraph (2) above to the appropriate court, or shall indicate thereon with respect to which child or children the order is not to be registered, and the clerk of the court shall notify the applicant of its refusal or indication accordingly.
(5) A memorandum of the granting of an application made in accordance with paragraphs (1) and (2) above shall be entered in the register of the court to which the application was made.
(6) Where the clerk of the court which granted an application made in accordance with paragraphs (1) and (2) above receives notice of the registration in the appropriate court of the order he shall cause particulars of the notice to be entered in the register of his court.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/329/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-family-law-act-1986-rules-1988/article-3
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