
2012 No. 2046 (L. 7)
Family Proceedings
Senior Courts Of England And Wales
County Courts, England And Wales
Magistrates’ Courts, England And Wales
The Family Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2012
Made 31st July 2012
Laid before Parliament 7th August 2012
Coming into force 30th September 2012
The Family Procedure Rule Committee makes the following rules in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 75 and 76 of the Courts Act 2003, after consulting in accordance with section 79 of the Courts Act 2003.
Citation and commencement
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These Rules may be cited as the Family Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2012 and come into force on 30 September 2012.
Amendments to the Family Procedure Rules 2010
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(1) The Family Procedure Rules 2010 are amended in accordance with rules 3 to 5 of these Rules.
(2) A reference in rules 3 to 5 of these Rules to a rule or paragraph of a rule by number alone is a reference to the rule or paragraph of that rule so numbered in the Family Procedure Rules 2010.
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In rule 2.3—
(a) in paragraph (1)—
(i) in the definition of “CCR”, at the end insert “subject to paragraph (4)”; and
(ii) in the definition of “RSC”, at the end insert “subject to paragraph (4)”;
(b) in paragraph (3), for “Where” substitute “Subject to paragraph (4), where”; and
(c) after paragraph (3), insert—“
(4) Where these Rules apply RSC Order 52 and CCR Order 29, they apply those rules as they appeared in Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 to the CPR on 30 September 2012.”.
4 
In rule 12.58—
(a) Omit the definition of “Central Authority”; and
(b) after the definition of “Contracting State” insert—“
 “domestic Central Authority” means—
(a) where the matter relates to the Council Regulation, the Lord Chancellor;
(b) where the matter relates to the 1996 Hague Convention in England, the Lord Chancellor;
(c) where the matter relates to the 1996 Hague Convention in Wales, the Welsh Ministers;”.
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In rules 12.59, 12.60, 12.63, 12.67, 12.69 and 12.70, for the words “Central Authority for England and Wales” each time they appear substitute “domestic Central Authority”.
Jill Black, L.J.
Richard Burton
Paul Carr
Chris Darbyshire
Bruce Edgington
Angela Finnerty
Mike Hinchliffe
David Salter
Lucy Theis, J.
Philip Waller
John Wilson
I allow these RulesSigned by authority of the Lord Chancellor
J. Djanogly
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Ministry of Justice
31st July 2012