Amendments to the Family Procedure Rules 20104
In rule 2.3(1)—
a
omit the definitions of—
i
“Allocation Order”;
ii
“civil partnership proceedings county court”;
iii
“court of trial”;
iv
“designated county court”;
v
“district judge”;
vi
“district registry”;
vii
“divorce county court”; and
viii
“Royal Courts of Justice”;
b
in the definition of “court” for “, a county court or a magistrates’ court” substitute “or the family court”; and
c
in the definition of “court officer” for the words after “means”, including the words in parentheses at the end of the definition, substitute “a member of court staff”.