The Family Procedure (Amendment No.3) Rules 2013

Amendments to the Family Procedure Rules 2010

This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

4.  In rule 2.3(1)—

(a)omit the definitions of—

(i)“Allocation Order”;

(ii)“civil partnership proceedings county court”;

(iii)“court of trial”;

(iv)“designated county court”;

(v)“district judge”;

(vi)“district registry”;

(vii)“divorce county court”; and

(viii)“Royal Courts of Justice”;

(b)in the definition of “court” for “, a county court or a magistrates’ court” substitute “or the family court”; and

(c)in the definition of “court officer” for the words after “means”, including the words in parentheses at the end of the definition, substitute “a member of court staff”.