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”.