Statutory Instruments
2022 No. 44 (L. 1)
Family Proceedings
Senior Courts Of England And Wales
Family Court, England And Wales
The Family Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2022
Made
12th January 2022
Laid before Parliament
17th January 2022
Coming into force in accordance with rule 1
The Family Procedure Rule Committee makes the following Rules in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 75 and 76(8) of the Courts Act 2003(1), section 1(10) of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973(2) and section 44(6) of the Civil Partnership Act 2004(3), having fulfilled the requirements of section 79(1) of the Courts Act 2003:
2003 c. 39. Section 75 was amended by paragraphs 308 and 338 of Schedule 4 and Part 2 of Schedule 18 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4) and by paragraphs 83 and 91 of Part 1 of Schedule 10 to the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22).
1973 c. 18. Section 1(10) was inserted by section 1 of the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 (c. 11).
2004 c. 33. Section 44(6) was inserted by section 3(1) and (7) of the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020.