Part I Procedure etc. in Civil Courts
Family proceedings
9 Allocation of family proceedings which are within the jurisdiction of county courts.
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F1The President of the Family Division may, after consulting the Lord Chancellor, give directions that, in such circumstances as may be specified—
a
any family proceedings which are within the jurisdiction of county courts; or
b
any specified description of such proceedings,
shall be allocated to specified judges or to specified descriptions of judge.
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Any such direction shall have effect regardless of any rules of court.
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Where any directions have been given under this section allocating any proceedings to specified judges, the validity of anything done by a judge in, or in relation to, the proceedings shall not be called into question by reason only of the fact that he was not a specified judge.
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For the purposes of subsection (1) “county court” includes the principal registry of the Family Division of the High Court in so far as it is treated as a county court.
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In this section—
a
is capable of sitting as a judge for a county court district;
b
is a district judge, an assistant district judge or a deputy district judge; or
c
is a district judge of the principal registry of the Family Division of the High Court; and
“specified” means specified in the directions.
I110 Family proceedings in magistrates’ courts and related matters.
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In subsection(2) “family proceedings” means proceedings under Part I of the Domestic Proceedings Magistrates’ Courts Act 1978 F3or Schedule 6 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 .
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F5Family Procedure Rules may make, in relation to any family proceedings, any provision which—
a
falls within subsection (2) of section 93 of the M3Children Act 1989 (rules of court); and
b
may be made in relation to relevant proceedings under section 93 of the Act of 1989.
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