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Part 2Family proceedings

20Independent review

(1)The Lord Chancellor may not bring into effect the provisions set out in Schedule 1 to this Act, unless—

(a)the Lord Chancellor has commissioned a full independent review and evaluation of—

(i)the operation of Part 2 of this Act, and

(ii)the impact of the new guidelines on reporting restrictions introduced on 27 April 2009,

(b)the conclusions of the independent review have been set out in a report which has been laid before Parliament.

(2)No review for the purposes of subsection (1) may be commenced before the end of the period of 18 months beginning with the time section 11 comes into force and a full review has been completed of the findings from the pilot allowing for the publication of anonymised judgments alone.