Amendment of rule 16.5

6.  In rule 16.5 (requirement for a litigation friend)—

(a) in paragraph (1) for “Without” substitute “Except in proceedings under section 55A of the 1986 Act and without”;

(b) after paragraph (1) insert—

“(1A) Without prejudice to rule 16.6, where a child is—

(a) a party to proceedings under section 55A of the 1986 Act; but

(b) not the person whose parentage is in dispute in those proceedings,

the child must have a litigation friend to conduct proceedings on the child’s behalf.”; and

(c) in paragraph (2), after “paragraph (1)” insert “or paragraph (1A)”.