The Children (Allocation of Proceedings) (Amendment) Order 1993

• Citation: S.I. 1993/624
• Sections: 8

Section 1 Title and commencement

This order may be cited as the Children (Allocation of Proceedings) (Amend-ment) Order 1993 and shall come into force on 5th April 1993.

Section 2 Title and commencement

The Children (Allocation of Proceedings) Order 1991 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this Order and, in those provisions, a reference to an article by number alone shall be construed as a reference to an article so numbered in the said Order of 1991.

Section 3 Child Support Act 1991

In article 3, at the end of paragraph (1) there shall be inserted the following:

(s) section 27(1) of the Child Support Act 1991 (declaration of parentage);

(t) section 20 of the Child Support Act 1991 (appeals) where the proceedings are to be dealt with in accordance with the Child Support Appeals (Jurisdiction of Courts) Order 1993 .

Section 4 Child Support Act 1991

In article 6, 10, 12 and 13–

(a) after the number of the article there shall be inserted “(1)”;

(b) for the words “under the Act or under the Adoption Act 1976” there shall be substituted the words “to which this article applies”; and

(c) at the end there shall be inserted the following:–

(2) This article applies to proceedings–

(a) under the Act;

(b) under the Adoption Act 1976 ;

(c) of the kind mentioned in sub-paragraph (s) or (t) of article 3(1).

Section 5 Miscellaneous amendments

In articles 3(3) and 4(1), for the words “made to” there shall be substituted the words “commenced in”.

Section 6 Miscellaneous amendments

In article 4(4), for the word “made” there shall be substituted the word “commenced”.

Section 7 Miscellaneous amendments

In articles 14 and 18(1), for the words “commenced in” wherever they appear there shall be substituted the words “made to”.

Section 8 Miscellaneous amendments

In article 20, for the word “commenced” there shall be substituted the words “made to”.