1. This Order may be cited as the Children (Allocation of Proceedings) (Amendment) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 1st April 2001.

2. This Order applies to proceedings begun after 1st April 2001.

3. The Children (Allocation of Proceedings) Order 1991( 2 ) shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of this Order and, in those provisions, any reference to an article or Schedule by number alone shall be construed as a reference to the article so numbered in the said Order of 1991 or the Schedule to that Order which is so numbered.

4. In article 3(1), delete sub-paragraph (s).

5. In each of articles 6(2)(c), 10(2)(c), 12(2)(c) and 13(2)(c)—

(a) delete “(s),”; and

(b) after “article 3(1)” insert “and under section 55A of the Family Law Act 1986( 3 )”.

6. In article 7(1), after “article 3(1)” insert “or proceedings under section 55A of the Family Law Act 1986”.

7. —(1) Schedule 1 shall be amended as provided in the following paragraphs of this article.

(2) In the section headed “Midland and Oxford Circuit”—

(a) in the heading, delete “and Oxford”; and

(b) delete the entries for Grimsby, Oxford and Peterborough County Courts.

(3) In the section headed “North Eastern Circuit”, after the entry for Durham County Court insert “Grimsby County Court”.

(4) In the section headed “South Eastern Circuit”, after the entry for Norwich County Court insert:

• “ Oxford County Court

• Peterborough County Court ” .

8. —(1) Schedule 2 shall be amended as provided in the following paragraphs of this article.

(2) In the section headed “Midland and Oxford Circuit”—

(a) in the heading, delete “and Oxford”; and

(b) delete the entries for the petty sessions areas of Abingdon, Barton-on-Humber, Bicester, Brigg, Cambridge, Didcot and Wantage, East Oxfordshire, Ely, Epworth and Goole, Grimsby and Cleethorpes, Henley, Huntingdon, Newmarket, North Oxfordshire and Chipping Norton, North Witchford, Oxford, Peterborough, Scunthorpe, Toseland, Wisbech, Witney and Woodstock.

(3) In the section headed “North Eastern Circuit”—

(a) after the entry for the petty sessions area of Gateshead insert—

(b) after the entry for the petty sessions area of North Holderness insert—

and

(c) delete the entry for the petty sessions area of Howdenshire.

(4) In the section headed “South Eastern Circuit”—

(a) before the entry for the petty sessions area of Ampthill insert—

(b) after the entry for the petty sessions area of Bexley insert—

(c) after the entry for the petty sessions area of Dartford insert—

(d) after the entry for the petty sessions area of East Dereham insert—

(e) after the entry for the petty sessions area of Havering insert—

(f) after the entry for the petty sessions area of North Hertfordshire insert—

(g) after the entry for the petty sessions area of Norwich insert—

(h) after the entry for the petty sessions area of Wisbech insert—

and

(i) after the entry for the petty sessions area of Woodbridge insert—