SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 11Transfer of jurisdiction to family court

Part 1Amendments of enactments

Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33)

168(1)Paragraph 15 of Schedule 2 (civil partnership of persons aged 16 or 17: meaning of “the court” and provision about rules of court) is amended as follows.

(2)In sub-paragraph (1) (“the court” includes certain county courts and magistrates’ courts)—

(a)after paragraph (a) insert “or”, and

(b)for paragraphs (b) and (c) substitute—

(c)the family court.

(3)In sub-paragraph (2) (rules of court)—

(a)omit paragraph (b), and

(b)in paragraph (c) for “a magistrates’ court” substitute “the family court”.