SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 11Transfer of jurisdiction to family court

Part 1Amendments of enactments

13Marriage Act 1949 (c. 76)

In section 3(5) (marriage of persons aged 16 or 17: meaning of “the court” and provision about rules of court)—

a

for the words from “, the county court of the district” to the second “in which any applicant or respondent resides” substitute “or the family court”,

b

omit paragraph (b), and

c

in paragraph (c) for “a court of summary jurisdiction” substitute “the family court”.