The Family Procedure Rules 2010 No. 2955 (L. 17)

[F1 PART 38 E+W RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF PROTECTION MEASURES

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 38 inserted (11.1.2015) by The Family Procedure (Amendment No. 4) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/3296), rules 1(2), 14 (with rule 15)

CHAPTER 2 E+W CERTIFICATES FOR OUTGOING PROTECTION MEASURES

Application for an Article 5 certificate E+W

38.2.— (1) A protected person may apply for an Article 5 certificate—

(a) at the time of application for an order containing an outgoing protection measure; or

(b) at any time after such application, provided either—

(i) the order or the undertaking containing the outgoing protection measure has not yet been made or accepted, as the case may be; or

(ii) the outgoing protection measure is still in force.

(2) An application for an Article 5 certificate may be made without notice.

The court to which an application for an Article 5 certificate must be made E+W

38.3.   An application for an Article 5 certificate must be made—

(a) where the outgoing protection measure has not yet been ordered or accepted—

(i) to the family court if the proceedings relating to the outgoing protection measure are before the family court;

(ii) to the High Court if the proceedings relating to the outgoing protection measure are before the High Court;

(b) where the outgoing protection measure has been ordered or accepted—

(i) to the family court if that court made the order or accepted the undertaking as the case may be, unless there are proceedings relating to that order or undertaking before the High Court, in which case the application must be made to the High Court;

(ii) to the High Court if that court made the order or accepted the undertaking as the case may be, unless there are proceedings relating to that order or undertaking before the family court, in which case the application must be made to the family court.

When a request for a translation of an Article 5 certificate may be made E+W

38.4.   A protected person may request a translation of an Article 5 certificate—

(a) at the time of the application for the Article 5 certificate; or

(b) at any time after such application, provided the Article 5 certificate—

(i) has not yet been issued; or

(ii) if issued, is still in force.

The court to which a request for translation of an Article 5 certificate must be made E+W

38.5.   A request for a translation of an Article 5 certificate must be made—

(a) if the certificate has not yet been issued, to—

(i) the family court, if the application for the certificate is before the family court; or

(ii) the High Court, if the application for the certificate is before the High Court; or

(b) if the certificate has been issued, to—

(i) the family court, if the family court issued it;

(ii) the High Court, if the High Court issued it.

Service requirements under Article 6 E+W

38.6.— (1) Where the outgoing protection measure is included in an order, the court may only issue an Article 5 certificate if satisfied that the order has been served upon the person causing the risk in accordance with the requirements specified in rule 37.5, unless the court has dispensed with service of the order in accordance with the requirements specified in rule 37.8.

(2) Where the protected person is responsible for serving the order on the person causing the risk, any application for an Article 5 certificate must be accompanied by a certificate of service.

Notification of the certificate under Article 8 E+W

38.7.— (1) Subject to paragraph (2), the court officer must give Article 8 notice to the person causing the risk by serving it in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 6 and the rules in that Chapter shall apply to service of the notice as they apply to any other document served by a court officer.

(2) If the person causing the risk resides in a Member State of the European Union other than the United Kingdom or in a country outside the European Union, the court officer must give Article 8 notice by sending it by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or confirmation of delivery or equivalent to the last known place of residence of that person.

Rectification of an Article 5 certificate E+W

38.8.— (1) An application pursuant to Article 9 of the Protection Measures Regulation for rectification of an Article 5 certificate must be made to—

(a) the family court if the family court issued the certificate;

(b) the High Court if the High Court issued the certificate.

(2) An application for such rectification may be made by—

(a) the protected person; or

(b) the person causing the risk.

(3) An Article 5 certificate may be rectified pursuant to Article 9(1)(a) of the Protection Measures Regulation by the court—

(a) on application under this rule; or

(b) on its own initiative.

Withdrawal of an Article 5 certificate E+W

38.9.— (1) An application pursuant to Article 9 of the Protection Measures Regulation for withdrawal of an Article 5 certificate must be made to—

(a) the family court if the family court issued the certificate; or

(b) the High Court if the High Court issued the certificate.

(2) An application for such withdrawal may be made by—

(a) the protected person; or

(b) the person causing the risk.

(3) An Article 5 certificate may be withdrawn pursuant to Article 9(1)(b) of the Protection Measures Regulation by the court—

(a) on application under this rule; or

(b) on its own initiative.

When an application for an Article 14 certificate may be made E+W

38.10.   A protected person or person causing the risk may apply for an Article 14 certificate—

(a) at the time of application for variation or discharge of the order containing the outgoing protection measure, or for acceptance of a variation or discharge of the undertaking containing the outgoing protection measure, as the case may be;

(b) at any time after the variation or discharge of the order containing the outgoing protection measure has been ordered or the variation or discharge of the undertaking containing the outgoing protection measure has been accepted, as the case may be;

(c) at the time of application under Article 9 of the Protection Measures Regulation for withdrawal of an Article 5 certificate;

(d) at any time after an Article 5 certificate has been withdrawn under Article 9 of the Protection Measures Regulation;

(e) at the time of application for an order staying or suspending enforcement of the order or undertaking containing the outgoing protection measure; or

(f) any time after, the making of an order staying or suspending enforcement of the order or undertaking containing the outgoing protection measure.

The court to which an application for an Article 14 certificate must be made E+W

38.11.   An application for an Article 14 certificate must be made—

(a) if the order containing the outgoing protection measure has not yet been varied or discharged or a variation or discharge of the undertaking containing the protection measure has not yet been accepted, as the case may be, to—

(i) the family court if the application for such variation or discharge is before the family court; or

(ii) the High Court if the application for such variation or discharge is before the High Court;

(b) if there has been an application under Article 9 of the Protection Measures Regulation for withdrawal of the Article 5 certificate, and that application has not yet been decided, to—

(i) the family court if the application for such withdrawal is before the family court; or

(ii) the High Court if the application for such withdrawal is before the High Court;

(c) if the order containing the outgoing protection measure has been varied or discharged or the variation or discharge of the undertaking containing the outgoing protection measure has been accepted, as the case may be, to—

(i) the family court if the family court ordered or accepted such variation or discharge, as the case may be; or

(ii) the High Court if the High Court ordered or accepted such variation or discharge, as the case may be;

(d) if an Article 5 certificate has been withdrawn under Article 9, to—

(i) the family court if the family court ordered such withdrawal; or

(ii) the High Court if the High Court ordered such withdrawal;

(e) where enforcement of the order has been stayed or suspended, to—

(i) the family court if the family court made the order for the stay or suspension; or

(ii) the High Court if the High Court made the order for the stay or suspension.]