Statutory Instruments
2017 No. 742 (L. 10)
Family Court, England And Wales
The Justices’ Clerks and Assistants (Amendment) Rules 2017
Made
11th July 2017
Laid before Parliament
13th July 2017
Coming into force
7th August 2017
The Lord Chancellor makes the following Rules in exercise of the power conferred by sections 31O(1) and 31P(1) of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984( 1 ), with the agreement of the President of the Family Division, as the judicial office holder nominated by the Lord Chief Justice under section 31O(8) of that Act.
Before making these Rules, the Lord Chancellor has consulted the Family Procedure Rule Committee in accordance with section 31O(1) of that Act.
Citation and commencement
1. These Rules may be cited as the Justices’ Clerks and Assistants (Amendment) Rules 2017 and come into force on 7th August 2017.
Amendments to the Justices’ Clerks and Assistants Rules 2014
2. In the table in the Schedule to the Justices’ Clerks and Assistants Rules 2014( 2 )—
(a) after the entry for rule 4.7(a) and (b), insert—
| “ FPR rule 6.14(4) and (6) | |
| FPR rule 6.16(1) | |
| FPR rule 6.19 | |
| FPR rule 6.20 ” |
(b) after the entry for CPA, section 44(2) and (4) insert—
| “ FPR rule 7.10(3)(a) | Only where the petitioner and respondent agree that a named person should not be made a co-respondent ” |
(c) in the entry for FPR rule 7.14(1) omit the words in the second column;
(d) after the entry for FPR rule 7.20(3), insert—
| “ FPR rule 7.20(4) ” |
, and
after the entry for FPR rule 9.26, insert—
| “ FPR rule 9.46(2) ” |
I agree
James Munby, P
President of the Family Division
10th July 2017
Dominic Raab
Minister of State
Ministry of Justice
11th July 2017
1984 c. 42 . Sections 31O and 31P were inserted by paragraph 1 of Schedule 10 to, the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22) .
S.I. 2014/603 , amended by S.I. 2014/841 and 2015/890 .