The Family Proceedings Courts (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.2) Rules 2009

• Citation: S.I. 2009/2025
• Sections: 9

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Rules may be cited as the Family Proceedings Courts (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.2) Rules 2009 and come into force on the 1 st September 2009.

Section 2 Amendment to the Family Proceedings Courts (Children Act 1989) Rules 1991

The Family Proceedings Courts (Children Act 1989) Rules 1991 , are amended in accordance with rules 3 to 8.

Section 3 Amendment to the Family Proceedings Courts (Children Act 1989) Rules 1991

In rule 2.5(c), after “4(3)(b),” insert “4ZA(6)(b),”.

Section 4 Amendment to the Family Proceedings Courts (Children Act 1989) Rules 1991

In rule 4, after “4(1)(c)”, wherever it occurs, insert “,4ZA(1)(c) or 4A(1)(b)”.

Section 5 Amendment to the Family Proceedings Courts (Children Act 1989) Rules 1991

In rule 9, after “4(1)(c)”, insert “,4ZA(1)(c) or 4A(1)(b)”.

Section 6 Amendment to the Family Proceedings Courts (Children Act 1989) Rules 1991

In rule 21A, in the definition of “the birth father”, after “section 28 of the 1990 Act” insert “or by sections 35 to 40 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 ”.

Section 7 Amendment to the Family Proceedings Courts (Children Act 1989) Rules 1991

In Schedule 1, for Forms C13A, C19 and C28, substitute the forms set out in Schedule 1 to these Rules.

Section 8 Amendment to the Family Proceedings Courts (Children Act 1989) Rules 1991

In Schedule 2, in the second entry—

(a) in column (i), after “4(3),” insert “4ZA(1)(c), 4ZA(6),”; and

(b) in column (iv), for “the father of the child if he”, substitute “the father or parent (being a woman who is a parent by virtue of section 43 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008) of the child if that person”.

Section 9 Amendment to the Family Proceedings Courts (Matrimonial Proceedings etc. ) Rules 1991

In Schedule 1 to the Family Proceedings Courts (Matrimonial Proceedings etc.) Rules 1991 , for Form FL401 substitute the form set out in Schedule 2 to these Rules.