Amendments to the Family Procedure Rules 2010

4.  In rule 12.58—

(a) Omit the definition of “Central Authority”; and

(b) after the definition of “Contracting State” insert—

““domestic Central Authority” means—

(a)

where the matter relates to the Council Regulation, the Lord Chancellor;

(b)

where the matter relates to the 1996 Hague Convention in England, the Lord Chancellor;

(c)

where the matter relates to the 1996 Hague Convention in Wales, the Welsh Ministers;”.