The Adoption (Amendment) Rules 1999

• Citation: S.I. 1999/1477
• Sections: 4

Section 1

(1) These Rules may be cited as the Adoption (Amendment) Rules 1999 and shall come into force on 16th June 1999.

(2) In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires, a rule referred to by number alone means the rule so numbered in the Adoption Rules 1984 .

Section 2 Amendments to the Adoption Rules 1984

For rule 3(2) substitute:–

(2) Subject to the provisions of these rules and to any enactment, the Rules of the Supreme Court 1965 and the County Court Rules 1981 in force immediately before 26th April 1999 shall continue to apply, with any necessary modifications, to proceedings in the High Court or a county court under the Act, and any reference in these rules to those rules shall be construed accordingly.

Section 3 Amendments to the Adoption Rules 1984

Rule 51 shall stand as paragraph (1) of Rule 51.

Section 4 Amendments to the Adoption Rules 1984

(1) After rule 51(1), insert–

(2) Order 62 of the Rules of the Supreme Court 1965 and Order 38 of the County Court Rules 1981 shall not apply to costs in proceedings under the Act and Parts 43, 44 (except rules 44.9 to 44.12), 47 and 48 of the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 shall apply to costs in those proceedings with the following modifications:–

(a) in rule 43.2(1)(c)(ii) of the Civil Procedure Rules, “district judge” includes a district judge of the Principal Registry of the Family Division; and

(b) rule 44.3(2) of the 1998 Rules (costs follow the event) shall not apply.

(2) Paragraph (1) applies to any assessment of costs that takes place on or after 16th June 1999, but so that, as a general rule, no costs for work done before that date shall be disallowed if they would have been allowed on taxation before that date.