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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
2005 No. 585
FAMILY PROCEEDINGS
MAGISTRATES' COURTS, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Family Proceedings Courts (Children Act 1989) (Amendment No 3) Rules 2005
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Made |
9th March 2005 | |
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Laid before Parliament |
10th March 2005 | |
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Coming into force |
1st April 2005 | |
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 144 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980[1], after consultation with the Rule Committee appointed under that section, hereby makes the following rules:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.
- (1) These rules may be cited as the Family Proceedings Courts (Children Act 1989) (Amendment No3) Rules 2005 and shall come into force on 1st April 2005.
(2) In these rules a reference to a rule by number alone means the rule so numbered in the Family Proceedings Courts (Children Act 1989) Rules 1991 ("the 1991 Rules")[2].
Amendments to the 1991 Rules
2.
The 1991 Rules shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of these rules.
3.
In rule 1 -
(a) in the definition of "children and family reporter", after "officer of the service" insert "or a Welsh family proceedings officer";
(b) in the definition of "children's guardian" in sub-paragraph (a), after "officer of the service" insert "or a Welsh family proceedings officer"; and
(c) after the definition of "welfare officer" insert -
4.
In rule 11 -
5.
In rule 11A(5), after "the officer of the service" insert "or the Welsh family proceedings officer".
6.
In rules 21A and 22A, after "an officer of the service", wherever it appears, insert "or a Welsh family proceedings officer".
7.
In rule 23 -
Transitional provisions
8.
- (1) Where -
then for the purposes of the 1991 Rules that person's appointment shall continue notwithstanding that he is no longer an officer of the service.
9.
- (1) Where -
then for the purposes of the 1991 Rules the request shall continue to have effect notwithstanding that the person is no longer an officer of the service.
Falconer of Thoroton, C
9th March 2005
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Rules)
These Rules amend the Family Proceedings Courts (Children Act 1989) Rules 1991 ("the 1991 Rules") to provide that functions previously performed by an officer of the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service ("CAFCASS") are to be performed, in relation to children ordinarily resident in Wales, by a Welsh family proceedings officer. The amendment follows the transfer of functions from CAFCASS to the National Assembly for Wales by section 35 of the Children Act 2004 for children ordinarily resident in Wales.
A Welsh family proceedings officer is defined in subsection (4) of that section as any member of the staff of the National Assembly for Wales ("the Assembly") appointed to exercise the functions of a Welsh family proceedings officer, and any other individual exercising those functions by virtue of section 36(2) or (4) of that Act (which allow the Assembly to make arrangements with organisations and individuals to perform the functions of Welsh family proceedings officers).
Notes:
[1]
1980 c.43.back
[2]
S.I. 1991/1395, amended by S.I. 2001/818.back
[3]
2004 c.31.back
[4]
1997 c.25.back
[5]
1989 c.41back
ISBN
0 11 072463 1
© Crown copyright 2005
Prepared
14 March 2005
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