Amendments to the Family Procedure Rules 2010
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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;”.