# The Rules of the Supreme Court (Amendment No. 4) 1971, Article 16


Order 56 shall be amended as follows:—
(1) In rule 1(1), there shall be inserted at the beginning the words “Except where they relate to affiliation proceedings”.
(2) The following rule shall be inserted after rule 4:—
“Appeals relating to affiliation proceedings
4A Appeals from a court of quarter sessions by case stated which relate to affiliation proceedings shall be heard and determined by a Divisional Court of the Family Division, and the foregoing provisions of this Order shall accordingly apply to such appeals with the substitution of references to the principal registry of the Family Division for references to the Crown Office and such other modifications as may be appropriate.”
(3) For rule 5 there shall be substituted the following rule:—
“Appeal from magistrates' court by case stated
5 (1) Except as provided by paragraph (2), all appeals from a magistrates' court by case stated shall be heard and determined by a Divisional Court of the Queen's Bench Division.
(2) An appeal by way of case stated against an order or determination of a magistrates' court shall be heard and determined by a Divisional Court of the Family Division if the order or determination appealed against was made or given in affiliation proceedings, or on an application under section 14 of the Matrimonial Proceedings and Property Act 1970 or if it relates to the enforcement of—
(a) an order for the payment of money made by virtue of the Matrimonial Proceedings (Magistrates' Courts) Act 1960,
(b) an order for the payment of money to a wife for her maintenance or for her maintenance and that of any child or children of hers, registered in a court in England or Wales under Part II of the Maintenance Orders Act 1950 or the Maintenance Orders (Facilities for Enforcement) Act 1920 or confirmed by such a court under the last-mentioned Act, or
(c) an order for alimony, maintenance or other payments made or having effect as if made under Part II or III of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1965 or Part I of the Matrimonial Proceedings and Property Act 1970 and registered in a magistrates' court under the Maintenance Orders Act 1958.”

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