PART 3Authorisations
Powers to grant authorisations
9.—(1) Paragraph (2) applies to business in such categories as may be specified from time to time by the President of the Family Division.
(2) A judge of district judge level or a judge of circuit judge level may conduct business to which this paragraph applies in the family court only if authorised by the President of the Family Division to do so.
(3) The President of the Family Division may specify the matters referred to in paragraph (1) in directions, after consulting the Lord Chancellor.
(4) A lay justice may conduct business in the family court only if authorised by the Lord Chief Justice to do so.