The Matrimonial Causes (Costs) (Amendment No. 2) Rules 1989

Made: 14th June 1989

Laid before Parliament: 19th June 1989

Coming into force: 10th July 1989

We, the authority having power to make rules of court for the purposes mentioned in section 50 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973«1«, in exercise of that power and the further power conferred on us by section 64 of the Family Law Act 1986[^f00002], hereby make the following Rules:

1

These Rules may be cited as the Matrimonial Causes (Costs) (Amendment No. 2) Rules 1989 and shall come into force on 10th July 1989.

2

After rule 1(2) of the Matrimonial Causes (Costs) (Amendment) Rules 1989[^f00003], there shall be inserted the following new paragraph–

(3) These Rules shall apply for the taxation of the costs of work done on or after 1st April 1989.

Signed

Mackay of Clashfern, C. — Stephen Brown, P. — Mathew Thorpe, J. — Joyanne W. Bracewell — Roy Ward — C. F. Turner — Roger Bird — T. A. C. Coningsby — Eleanor F. Platt — M. J. W. Churchouse — 14th June 1989

Explanatory note

(This Note is not part of the Rules)

These Rules amend the Matrimonial Causes (Costs) (Amendment) Rules 1989 so as to make it clear that those Rules apply only to the taxation of the costs of work done on or after the date on which those Rules came into force.

Footnotes

[^f00002]: 1986 c. 55.

[^f00003]: S.I. 1989/385.