The Family Procedure (Modification of Enactments) Order 2005
Magistrates courts
King's Printer of Acts of Parliament
2011-07-04
MAGISTRATES' COURTS, ENGLAND AND WALES
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS, ENGLAND AND WALES
This Order amends section 97(1)(a) of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 38) so as to enable a justice of the peace at the hearing of an application under the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c. 38) to issue a witness summons. It also amends section 97(2) to prevent a warrant being issued instead of a summons in the hearing of an application under the 2002 Act.
The Family Procedure (Modification of Enactments) Order 2005
Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor
Catherine M. AshtonParliamentary Under Secretary of State,Department for Constitutional Affairs