PART 12F1CHILDREN PROCEEDINGS EXCEPT PARENTAL ORDER PROCEEDINGS AND PROCEEDINGS FOR APPLICATIONS IN ADOPTION, PLACEMENT AND RELATED PROCEEDINGS

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CHAPTER 1INTERPRETATION AND APPLICATION OF THIS PART

Application of this Part12

1

The rules in this Part apply to—

a

emergency proceedings;

b

private law proceedings;

c

public law proceedings;

d

proceedings relating to the exercise of the court's inherent jurisdiction (other than applications for the court's permission to start such proceedings);

e

proceedings relating to child abduction and the recognition and enforcement of decisions relating to custody under the European Convention;

f

proceedings relating to F3... the 1996 Hague Convention in respect of children; and

g

any other proceedings which may be referred to in a practice direction.

(Part 18 sets out the procedure for making an application for permission to bring proceedings.) (Part 31 sets out the procedure for making applications for recognition and enforcement of judgments under F4... the 1996 Hague Convention.)

2

The rules in Chapter 7 of this Part also apply to family proceedings which are not within paragraph (1) but which otherwise relate wholly or mainly to the maintenance or upbringing of a minor.

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This Part is subject to any provision made by or pursuant to Part 41 (proceeding by electronic means).