Amendments to the Family Procedure Rules 20103.

In rule 2.3—

(a)

in paragraph (1)—

(i)

after the definition of “hearsay”, insert—

““incoming protection measure” means a protection measure that has been ordered in a Member State of the European Union other than the United Kingdom or Denmark;”; and

(ii)

after the definition of “protected party”, insert—

““protection measure” has the meaning given to it in the Protection Measures Regulation;

“Protection Measures Regulation” means the Regulation (EU) No 606/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12th June 2013 on mutual recognition of protection measures in civil matters3;”; and

(b)

in paragraph (2)—

(i)

in sub-paragraph (a)—

(aa)

in paragraph (i), after the semi-colon, insert “or”; and

(bb)

omit paragraph (ii); and

(ii)

in sub-paragraph (c), omit the words after “cause”.