76(1)The Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 is amended as follows.U.K.
(2)In section 1(1) (allocation of business between High Court and county court)—
(a)in paragraph (a) (conferring jurisdiction on High Court) after “which” insert “ the family court or ”,
(b)in paragraph (b) (conferring jurisdiction on county court) after “on” insert “ the family court or ”,
(c)in paragraph (c) (allocating proceedings) after “High Court” insert “ or to the family court ”,
(d)after paragraph (d) insert—
“(da)specifying proceedings which may be commenced only in the family court,”, and
(e)after paragraph (f) insert—
“(fa)specifying proceedings which may be taken only in the family court;”.
(3)In section 1(3) (criteria for distinguishing categories of proceedings) after paragraph (c) insert—
“(ca)any relationship between the proceedings and any other proceedings;”.
(4)In section 1(7)(a) (power to make consequential amendments) after sub-paragraph (ii) insert “or
(iii)the jurisdiction, practice or procedure of the family court,”.
(5)In section 1(10) (no power to confer judicial review jurisdiction on county court) after “on” insert “ the family court or ”.
(6)In the title of section 1 after “High Court” insert “ , family court ”.
(7)Omit sections 9 and 10 (allocation of family proceedings in county court and rules about family proceedings in magistrates' courts).
(8)In section 11 (representation in certain county court cases)—
(a)after subsection (9) insert—
“(9A)This section applies in relation to the family court as it applies in relation to the county court.”, and
(b)in the title after “county court” insert “ and family court ”.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 10 para. 76 in force at 22.4.2014 by S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(d) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)