SCHEDULE 1

Family Proceedings Courts (Matrimonial Proceedings etc) Rules 199119

For rule 23(2) substitute—

2

Where—

a

in proceedings under the Act, the hearing of an application under section 2 of that Act is adjourned after the court has decided that it is satisfied of any ground mentioned in section 1; or

b

in proceedings under the Act of 2004, the hearing of an application under Part 1 of Schedule 6 to that Act is adjourned after the court has decided that it is satisfied of any ground mentioned in paragraph 1,

and the parties to the proceedings agree to the resumption of the hearing in accordance with section 31 of the Act by a court which includes justices who were not sitting when the hearing began, particulars of the agreement shall be entered in the court’s register.