Statutory Instruments

2015 No. 913 (L. 13)

Family Proceedings

Senior Courts Of England And Wales

Family Court, England And Wales

The Family Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2015

Made

23rd March 2015

Laid before Parliament

26th March 2015

Coming into force

1st July 2015

The Family Procedure Rule Committee makes the following rules in exercise of the powers conferred by section 48 of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982(1) and by sections 75 and 76 of the Courts Act 2003(2), after consulting in accordance with section 79 of the Courts Act 2003.

(1)

1982 c.27. See section 50 for the definition of “rules of court”. Section 48 was amended by paragraph 23 of Schedule 2 to the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1991 (c.12), paragraph 86 of Schedule 11 to the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c.22) and by S.I. 2001/3929, 2011/1215, 2012/1770 and 2014/2947.

(2)

2003 c.39. Section 75 was amended by paragraph 338 of Schedule 4 and Part 2 of Schedule 18 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c.4) and by paragraph 91 of Schedule 10 to the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c.22). Section 76 was amended by section 62(7) of the Children Act 2004 (c.31), paragraph 172 of Schedule 27 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c.33), paragraph 29 of Schedule 1 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 and paragraph 92 of Schedule 10 to the Crime and Courts Act 2013.