Family Law Act 1996

Prospective

64 Provision for separate representation for children.E+W

(1)The Lord Chancellor may by regulations provide for the separate representation of children in proceedings in England and Wales which relate to any matter in respect of which a question has arisen, or may arise, under—

F1(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b)Part IV;

(c)the 1973 Act; F2. . .

(d)the M1Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates’ Courts Act 1978 [F3 or

(e)Schedule 5 or 6 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004.]

(2)The regulations may provide for such representation only in specified circumstances.

Textual Amendments

F1S. 64(1)(a) repealed (13.5.2014) by Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), ss. 18(2)(c), 139(4)

Marginal Citations