LegalizeThe Family Court (Composition and Distribution of Business) (Amendment) Rules 2015
Made: 24th June 2015
Laid before Parliament: 26th June 2015
Coming into force: 17th July 2015
These Rules are made with the agreement of the Lord Chancellor in accordance with paragraph 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005.
Citation and commencement
1
These Rules may be cited as the Family Court (Composition and Distribution of Business) (Amendment) Rules 2015 and come into force on 17th July 2015.
Amendments to the Family Court (Composition and Distribution of Business) Rules 2014
2
The Family Court (Composition and Distribution of Business) Rules 2014[^f00003] are amended as follows.
3
In rule 16, in paragraph 5—
- (a) in sub-paragraph (d), for “.” substitute “;”; and
- (b) after sub-paragraph (d), insert—
(e) Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003[^f00004] which are made without notice.
Signed
Sir James Munby — President of the Family Division — 19th June 2015
I agree,
Caroline Dinenage — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Ministry of Justice — 24th June 2015
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Rules)
EXPLANATORY NOTE
These Rules amend the Family Court (Composition and Distribution of Business) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/840) to make provision in relation to the allocation in the family court of applications for Female Genital Mutilation Protection orders under Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003.
Rule 3 adds without notice proceedings for Female Genital Mutilation Protection Orders to the list of proceedings which may be allocated in accordance with rule 16 of the 2014 Rules.
A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.
Footnotes
[^f00001]: 2005 c. 4.
[^f00002]: 1984 c. 42. Section 31D was inserted by paragraph 1 of Schedule 10 to the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22).
[^f00003]: S.I. 2014/840 as amended by S.I. 2014/3297.
[^f00004]: 2003 c. 31.
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