These Rules may be cited as the Justices’ Clerks and Assistants Rules 2014 and shall come into force on the day on which section 17(3) of the Crime and Courts Act 20132 comes fully into force.

In these Rules—

• “the Act” means the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984;

• “assistant justices’ clerk” is an assistant to a justices’ clerk within the meaning of section 27(5) of the Courts Act 20033;

• “CPA” means the Civil Partnership Act 20044;

• “FPR” means the Family Procedure Rules 20105;

• “MCA” means the Matrimonial Causes Act 19736;

• “undefended case” has the meaning given in FPR rule 7.1(3);