The Family Procedure (Amendment No.3) Rules 2013
These Rules amend the Family Procedure Rules 2010 (S.I. 2010/2955) (“the FPR 2010”). The majority of the amendments made to the FPR 2010 by these Rules are made to reflect the creation of the family court. Provision in respect of the family court is made in section 17 of, and Schedules 10 and 11 to, the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c.22). The family court, and the High Court, have jurisdiction to deal with family proceedings. The jurisdiction formerly exercised by magistrates’ courts and county courts in relation to family proceedings, and enforcement of orders made in family proceedings, held by magistrates’ courts and county courts, is removed by provision in the Crime and Courts Act 2013.
Lifecycle
Department
Made
16 Dec 2013
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Comes into force
TBC
Enabling power
The Family Procedure Rule Committee makes the following rules in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 75 and 76 of the Courts Act 2003, section 18(1A) of the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1972, sections 12 and 48 of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982, sections 10 and 24 of the Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985and section 141(1) of the Adoption and Children Act 2002, after consulting in accordance with section 79 of the Courts Act 2003.
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