11.—(1) When the family court is composed of two or three lay justices, it shall sit under the chairmanship of a lay justice who is on a list of approved family court chairmen.
(2) A lay justice may preside before being included on a list of approved family court chairmen only if that lay justice is—
(a)under the supervision of another authorised lay justice who is on the list of approved family court chairmen; and
(b)has completed the training course required by rule 31 of the 2007 Rules.
(3) In this rule “list of approved family court chairmen” means a list kept by a FTDC or, where there is no FTDC, a BTDC in accordance with rules 32 and 35 of the 2007 Rules.
(4) This rule and rule 12 are subject to sections 18(1) and (2) of the Courts Act 2003 M1.
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M1Section 18 was amended by paragraph 85 of Schedule 10 to the Crime and Courts Act 2013.