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The Family Proceedings (Amendment No. 2) Rules 1997
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- 1997 No. 1056 (L. 24)
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These Rules amend the Family Proceedings Rules so as—
(a)to make consequential amendments following the enactment of the Civil Evidence Act 1995 (rules 2 and 3);
(b)to introduce (in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the Civil Procedure Act 1997) a new procedure for applications for ancillary relief brought in certain specified courts (rules 4 and 5);
(c)to reflect the change in name of chief clerk (rules 5 and 6); and
(d)to relax for specified purposes the requirements for confidentiality in respect of the report of a guardian ad litem (rule 7).
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