Statutory Instruments
2010 No. 787 (L. 7)
Magistrates’ Courts, England And Wales
The Family Proceedings Courts (Children Act 1989) (Amendment) Rules 2010
Made
10th March 2010
Laid before Parliament
16th March 2010
Coming into force
6th April 2010
The Lord Chief Justice, with the concurrence of the Lord Chancellor, after having consulted the rule committee appointed under section 144(A1) of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980(1), makes the following Rules in exercise of the powers conferred by section 144 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980:
Citation and commencement
1. These Rules may be cited as the Family Proceedings Courts (Children Act 1989) (Amendment) Rules 2010 and come into force on 6th April 2010.
Amendments to the Family Proceedings Courts (Children Act 1989) Rules 1991
2. The Family Proceedings Courts (Children Act 1989) Rules 1991(2) are amended in accordance with rules 3 to 9.
3. In the Arrangement of Rules, after the entry for rule 14, insert—
“14A Timetable for the Child in proceedings for a care order or supervision order”.
4. In rule 2(5)—
(a)after paragraph (c) insert—
“(cc)in accordance with rule 16A(1) except that a single justice may only give permission under rule 16A(1)(g) for a person to be present at a directions appointment or a hearing which that justice is conducting,”; and
(b)in paragraph (e), for “10 to 19” substitute “10 to 16, 17 to 19”.
5. In rule 4 in paragraph (1A)—
(a)in sub-paragraph (a)(i), after “C100,”, insert “C110,”;
(b)for sub-paragraph (a)(ii) substitute—
“(ii)supplemental Forms C10, C11, C12 and C13A to C20 as appropriate,”; and
(c)after sub-paragraph (a)(ii) insert—
“(iiA)in the case of an application for a care order or supervision order, such of the documents specified in the Annex to Form C110 as are available, and”.
6. In rule 14(2), after “paragraph (5)”, insert “and rule 14A”.
7. After rule 14 insert—
“Timetable for the Child in proceedings for a care order or supervision order
14A.—(1) In proceedings for a care order or supervision order, the court shall set the timetable of the proceedings in accordance with the Timetable for the Child.
(2) The “Timetable for the Child” means the timetable set by the court in accordance with its duties under sections 1 and 32 and shall—
(a)take into account dates of the significant steps in the life of the child who is the subject of the proceedings; and
(b)be appropriate for that child.”.
8. In rule 16A, after paragraph (5), insert—
“(5A) A justices’ clerk may give permission under paragraph (1)(g) for a person to be present at a directions appointment or a hearing which that clerk is conducting.”.
9. In Schedule 1—
(a)in the list of forms—
(i)in the entry for Form C1, for the words in the third column, substitute “Children Act 1989 except care and supervision orders, Section 8 orders and orders related to enforcement of a contact order”;
(ii)after the entry for Form C100, in the first column insert “C110”, in the second column “Application” and in the third column “under the Children Act 1989 for a care order or supervision order”; and
(iii)omit the entry for Form C13;
(b)for Form C1, substitute the form set out in Part 1 of the Schedule to these Rules;
(c)after Form C100, insert Form C110 as set out in Part 2 of the Schedule to these Rules; and
(d)omit Form C13.
Transitional provisions relating to care and supervision orders
10. Where proceedings for a care order or supervision order have been commenced before these Rules come into force, the Family Proceedings Courts (Children Act 1989) Rules 1991 shall apply to those proceedings as if rule 5 had not been made.
Lord Judge, C.J.
I concur
Michael Wills
Minister of State
Ministry of Justice
10th March 2010
Rule 9
SCHEDULE
PART 1
PART 2
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Rules)
These Rules amend the Family Proceedings Court (Children Act 1989) Rules 1991.
A new form (Form C110) is inserted for use when applying for a care order or supervision order and consequential amendments are made to Form C1 to reflect this.
Provision is made for Form C110 to have attached to it such of the documents specified in the Annex to that form as are available to ensure proceedings are not delayed by reason of a missing document.
A new rule 14A is inserted into the 1991 Rules and provides for the court to set the timetable for proceedings for a care order or supervision order in accordance with the Timetable for the Child as defined in that rule.
Rule 4 has been inserted to clarify the fact that a single justice can exercise the powers of the court in rule 16A(1)(g) to permit a Mckenzie friend and any other person to be present a directions appointment or hearing which that justice is conducting. Rule 8 makes similar provision in relation to a justices’ clerk.
1980 c.43. Section 144 was amended by section 125(3) of and paragraph 25 of Schedule 18 to the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c.41), section 78(2) of and paragraphs 26 and 29 of Schedule 11 to the Access to Justice Act 1999 (c.22), section 109(1) and (3) of and paragraph 245 of Schedule 8 and Schedule 10 to the Courts Act 2003 (c.39), section 15(1) of and paragraphs 99 and 102 of Schedule 4 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c.4) and by section 59(5) and paragraphs 4(1) and (3) of Part 2 of Schedule 11 to that Act.
S.I. 1991/1395. Relevant amending instruments are 1994/ 3156, 2004/3376, 2008/2858, and 2009/858.