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

PART 31 E+W REGISTRATION OF ORDERS UNDER THE COUNCIL REGULATION, THE CIVIL PARTNERSHIP (JURISDICTION AND RECOGNITION OF JUDGMENTS) REGULATIONS 2005 [F1 , THE MARRIAGE (SAME SEX COUPLES) (JURISDICTION AND RECOGNITION OF JUDGMENTS) REGULATIONS 2014] AND UNDER THE HAGUE CONVENTION 1996

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Pt. 31 heading inserted (13.3.2014) by The Family Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/524), rules 1, 5

Documents – supplementary E+W

31.5.—(1) Except as regards a copy of a judgment required by Article 37(1)(a) of the Council Regulation, where the person making an application under this Part does not produce the documents required by rule 31.4(2)(b) the court may —

(a) fix a time within which the documents are to be produced;

(b) accept equivalent documents; or

(c) dispense with production of the documents if the court considers it has sufficient information.

(2) This rule does not apply to applications under rule 31.7.