The Children (Allocation of Proceedings) (Amendment) Order 1997

• Citation: S.I. 1997/1897
• Sections: 6

Section 1

(1) This Order may be cited as the Children (Allocation of Proceedings) (Amendment) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st September 1997 except for articles 2 to 4 which shall come into force on 1st October 1997.

(2) In this Order, an article or Schedule referred to by number means the article or Schedule so numbered in the Children (Allocation of Proceedings) Order 1991 .

Section 2

After article 9(3) there shall be inserted the following new paragraph—

(4) This article shall apply (with the necessary modifications) to proceedings brought under Parts I and II as it applies where a magistrates' court refuses to transfer proceedings under article 7.

Section 3

Article 11 shall stand as paragraph (1) of that article and, after it, there shall be inserted the following new paragraph—

(2) Paragraph (1) shall apply (with the necessary modifications) to proceedings under Parts I and II brought in, or transferred to, a county court as it applies to proceedings transferred to a county court under article 7(1).

Section 4

For article 20 there shall be substituted the following—

Lambeth, Shoreditch and Woolwich County Courts

(20) Notwithstanding articles 14, 16 and 17, an application for an order under section 4 or 8 or under the Adoption Act 1976 may be made to and tried in Lambeth, Shoreditch or Woolwich County Court.

Section 5

In Schedule 1, under the heading “ Western Circuit ”, after “Portsmouth County Court”, there shall be inserted “Salisbury County Court”.

Section 6

In Schedule 2, under the heading “ Western Circuit ”, in column (ii), for “Bournemouth County Court” where it appears opposite Salisbury Petty Sessions Area, there shall be substituted “Swindon County Court”.