Schedule 2 – Consequential amendments
Part 1 – England and Wales
115.This Part contains consequential amendments to England and Wales legislation necessary for the implementation of the Act.
116.Paragraph 1 amends the Supreme Court Act 1981 to assign forced marriage proceedings to the Family Division.
117.Paragraph 2 amends the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 to provide that forced marriage proceedings are family proceedings, and therefore cannot be the subject of an enforceable conditional fee agreement.
118.Paragraph 3 amends the FLA so that non-molestation and occupation orders may be made in proceedings for a forced marriage protection order. Amendments also ensure an affirmative parliamentary procedure for an order made under the new section 63N.
Part 2 – Northern Ireland
119.This Part contains consequential amendments to Northern Ireland legislation necessary for the implementation of the Act.
120.Paragraph 4 amends the Family Homes and Domestic Violence (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 to designate that proceedings under Schedule 1 to the Act are family proceedings.
121.Paragraph 5 amends the Access to Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 to provide that proceedings under Schedule 1 to the Act are family proceedings and therefore cannot be the subject of an enforceable conditional fee agreement.
