The Family Procedure (Amendment No. 4) Rules 2014

Amendments to the Family Procedure Rules 2010 E+W

3.  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 matters(1);”; 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”.

Commencement Information

I1 Rule 3(a) in force at 11.1.2015, see rule 1(2)

I2 Rule 3(b) in force at 6.4.2015, see rule 1(3)

(1)

OJ L 181 29.6.2013 p4.