PART 2 E+WComposition of the family court

Composition: appeals heard by a judge of High Court level E+W

7.—(1) The family court shall be composed of a judge of High Court level when hearing an appeal from the decision of—

(a) the Senior District Judge of the Family Division in financial remedy proceedings;

(b) a district judge of the Principal Registry of the Family Division in financial remedy proceedings or a person appointed to act as deputy or as a temporary additional officer for such a district judge in these proceedings;

(c) a costs judge; or

(d) the Gender Recognition Panel where an appeal is brought under section 8(1) of the Gender Recognition Act 2004 M1 (Appeals etc.).

(2) The family court shall be composed of a judge of High Court level (instead of a judge of district judge level or a judge of circuit judge level) where there is—

(a) an appeal against a decision referred to in rules 5 and 6; and

(b) the Designated Family Judge or a judge of High Court level considers that the appeal would raise an important point of principle or practice.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Rules 5-7 applied (22.4.2014) by The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (Family Court Transitional and Saving Provision) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/956), arts. 1, 10(2)

Marginal Citations

M1 2004 c.7. Section 8(1) was amended by section 250 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c.33) and by paragraph 8 of Part 1 of Schedule 5 to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (c.30).