C1 Part IV Family Homes and Domestic Violence
Jurisdiction and procedure etc.
60 Provision for third parties to act on behalf of victims of domestic violence.
1
Rules of court may provide for a prescribed person, or any person in a prescribed category, ( “a representative”) to act on behalf of another in relation to proceedings to which this Part applies.
2
Rules made under this section may, in particular, authorise a representative to apply for an occupation order or for a non-molestation order for which the person on whose behalf the representative is acting could have applied.
3
Rules made under this section may prescribe—
a
conditions to be satisfied before a representative may make an application to the court on behalf of another; and
b
considerations to be taken into account by the court in determining whether, and if so how, to exercise any of its powers under this Part when a representative is acting on behalf of another.
4
Any rules made under this section may be made so as to have effect for a specified period and may make consequential or transitional provision with respect to the expiry of the specified period.
5
Any such rules may be replaced by further rules made under this section.
Pt. 4 modified (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), ss. 82, 263, Sch. 9 para. 25(2); S.I. 2005/3175, art. 2(1), Sch. 1