The Family Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2012

• Citation: S.I. 2012/2046
• Sections: 5

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Rules may be cited as the Family Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2012 and come into force on 30 September 2012.

Section 2 Amendments to the Family Procedure Rules 2010

(1) The Family Procedure Rules 2010 are amended in accordance with rules 3 to 5 of these Rules.

(2) A reference in rules 3 to 5 of these Rules to a rule or paragraph of a rule by number alone is a reference to the rule or paragraph of that rule so numbered in the Family Procedure Rules 2010.

Section 3 Amendments to the Family Procedure Rules 2010

In rule 2.3 —

(a) in paragraph (1)—

(i) in the definition of “CCR”, at the end insert “subject to paragraph (4)”; and

(ii) in the definition of “RSC”, at the end insert “subject to paragraph (4)”;

(b) in paragraph (3), for “Where” substitute “Subject to paragraph (4), where”; and

(c) after paragraph (3), insert—

(4) Where these Rules apply RSC Order 52 and CCR Order 29, they apply those rules as they appeared in Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 to the CPR on 30 September 2012.

Section 4 Amendments to the Family Procedure Rules 2010

In rule 12.58—

(a) Omit the definition of “Central Authority”; and

(b) after the definition of “Contracting State” insert—

“ domestic Central Authority ” means—

where the matter relates to the Council Regulation, the Lord Chancellor;

where the matter relates to the 1996 Hague Convention in England, the Lord Chancellor;

where the matter relates to the 1996 Hague Convention in Wales, the Welsh Ministers;

Section 5 Amendments to the Family Procedure Rules 2010

In rules 12.59, 12.60, 12.63, 12.67, 12.69 and 12.70, for the words “Central Authority for England and Wales” each time they appear substitute “domestic Central Authority”.