Statutory Instrument 1991 No. 1991 (L.32)

      The Family Proceedings Courts (Matrimonial Proceedings etc.) Rules 1991


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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1991 No. 1991 (L.32)

MAGISTRATES' COURTS

The Family Proceedings Courts (Matrimonial Proceedings etc.) Rules 1991

Made 31st August 1991
Laid before Parliament 16th September 1991
Coming into force in accordance with article 1


ARRANGEMENT OF RULES

PART I
Introductory
1.  Citation, commencement and transitional
PART II
Matrimonial Proceedings under the Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts Act 1978
2.  Interpretation, application and savings
3.  Applications
4.  Service
5.  Answer to application
6.  Directions
7.  Timing of proceedings
8.  Attendance at directions appointment and hearing
9.  Documentary evidence
10.  Amendment
11.  Oral evidence
12.  Hearing
13.  Costs
14.  Confidentiality of documents
15.  Delegation by justices' clerk
16.  Application of enactments governing procedure in proceedings brought on complaint
17.  Orders made under section 6 in the absence of the respondent
18.  Application under section 7
19.  Respondents on applications under section 20 or section 20A
20.  Family protection orders
21.  Powers of arrest and warrants of arrest under section 18
22.  Proceedings by or against a person outside England and Wales for variation or revocation of orders under section 20
23.  Entries in court's registers
24.  Notification of orders made under section 17(1)
25.  Proceedings with respect to which a single justice may discharge the functions of a court
PART III
Consequential and Minor Amendments
26.  Consequential and minor amendments
PART IV
Revocations
27.  Revocations

SCHEDULES

  1.  Forms

  2.  Consequential and minor amendments

  3.  Revocations

 

Explanatory Note


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