7.—(1) The family court shall be composed of a judge of High Court level when hearing an appeal from the decision of—
(a)the Senior District Judge of the Family Division in financial remedy proceedings;
(b)a district judge of the Principal Registry of the Family Division in financial remedy proceedings or a person appointed to act as deputy or as a temporary additional officer for such a district judge in these proceedings;
(c)a costs judge; or
(d)the Gender Recognition Panel where an appeal is brought under section 8(1) of the Gender Recognition Act 2004(1) (Appeals etc.).
(2) The family court shall be composed of a judge of High Court level (instead of a judge of district judge level or a judge of circuit judge level) where there is—
(a)an appeal against a decision referred to in rules 5 and 6; and
(b)the Designated Family Judge or a judge of High Court level considers that the appeal would raise an important point of principle or practice.
2004 c.7. Section 8(1) was amended by section 250 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c.33) and by paragraph 8 of Part 1 of Schedule 5 to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (c.30).