The Family Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2021

Amendment of Part 3A

3.  In rule 3A.1 (interpretation)—

(a) after the definition of “child” insert—

““domestic abuse” has the meaning given in section 1 of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021;”; and

(b) after the definition of “participation direction” insert—

““relative” has the meaning given by section 63(1) of the 1996 Act(1);

“victim” includes a child to whom section 3(2) of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 applies; and”.

(1)

The Family Law Act 1996 (c. 27). Section 63(1) was amended by paragraphs 85 and 88 of Schedule 3 to the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c. 38), paragraph 41 of Schedule 10 to the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (c. 28), paragraph 14 of Part 1 of Schedule 9 and Schedule 30 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007 (c. 20), paragraph 37 of Part 1 of Schedule 6 to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (c. 22), paragraphs 129 and 138 of Part 1 to Schedule 11 to the Crime and Courts Act 2013, section 18(2)(b) of the Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), paragraph 17 of Schedule 4 to the Serious Crime Act 2015 (c. 9) and S.I. 2018/1413.