Schedules

Schedule 4Online procedure: amendments

I13Courts Act 2003

1

The Courts Act 2003 is amended as follows.

2

In section 75 (Family Procedure Rules), after subsection (5) insert—

6

Family Procedure Rules must be framed so as not to apply to proceedings that are governed by Online Procedure Rules except to such extent as may be provided by—

a

Online Procedure Rules,

b

directions under paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022, or

c

regulations under section 21(1)(b) of that Act.

3

In section 81 (practice directions relating to family proceedings), at the end insert—

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Directions under this section do not apply to proceedings that are governed by Online Procedure Rules except—

a

to such extent as may be provided by—

i

Online Procedure Rules, or

ii

directions under paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022, or

b

to such extent as Family Procedure Rules apply to the proceedings by virtue of regulations under section 21(1)(b) of that Act.