1. In rule 1—
(a)in paragraph (1), omit “in a court having jurisdiction by virtue of subsection (3) of section 1 of the said Act”;
(b)after paragraph (1), insert—
“(1A) Where proceedings under Part 1 of Schedule 6 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004(1) are begun against a defendant residing in Scotland or Northern Ireland, then, upon an application in that behalf made by the defendant in accordance with paragraph (2) of this Rule, a justice acting in the same place as that court may, if it appears that the case could be more conveniently heard in a court of summary jurisdiction having jurisdiction in the place where the parties last ordinarily resided together as civil partners, determine that the proceedings shall be removed into the last-mentioned court.”;
(c)in paragraph (2)—
(i)for “paragraph” substitute “paragraphs”; and
(ii)for “section 1” substitute “provisions”;
(d)in paragraph (3), after “(1)” insert “or (1A)”; and
(e)in paragraph (4)—
(i)after “(1)” insert “or (1A)”; and
(ii)for “section 1” substitute “provisions”.