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

Citation and commencement

1.  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.

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

2.  The Family Proceedings Courts (Children Act 1989) Rules 1991(1), are amended in accordance with rules 3 to 8.

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

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

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

6.  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(2)”.

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

8.  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”.

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

9.  In Schedule 1 to the Family Proceedings Courts (Matrimonial Proceedings etc.) Rules 1991(3), for Form FL401 substitute the form set out in Schedule 2 to these Rules.

Lord Judge,C.J.

I concur

Bridget Prentice

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Ministry of Justice

21st July 2009