The Family Proceedings (Civil Partnership: Staying of Proceedings) Rules 2005

Duty to give particulars of concurrent proceedings in another jurisdiction

2.—(1) Where civil partnership proceedings are pending before the court in respect of a civil partnership and the trial in those proceedings has not begun—

(a) the petitioner, or

(b) a respondent who has included a prayer for relief in his answer,must provide to the court such particulars of any relevant proceedings which he knows to be continuing in another jurisdiction as are required by paragraph (2).

(2) The particulars required by paragraph (1) are—

(a) in the case of a petitioner, the particulars required by paragraph 1(j) of Appendix 2 to the Family Proceedings Rules 1991(1); and

(b) in the case of a respondent, the particulars required by paragraph 1(j) of Appendix 2 to the Family Proceedings Rules 1991 in so far as they have not been given by the petitioner.

(1)

S.1.1991/1247; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1991/2113, 1992/456, 1992/2067 1993/295, 1994/3155, 1996/816, 1997/1056, 1998/1901, 2000/2267, 2001/821, 2003/184, 2003/2839, 2004/3375, 2005/264, 2005/412, 2005/559 and 2005/1976.