Statutory Instrument 1989 No. 384 (L.7)
The Magistrates' Courts (Family Law Reform Act 1987) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Rules 1989
(The document as of February, 2008)
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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
1989 No. 384 (L.7)
MAGISTRATES' COURTS
The Magistrates' Courts (Family Law Reform Act 1987) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Rules 1989
| Laid before Parliament | 10th March 1989 |
| Coming into force | 1st April 1989 |
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the power conferred on him by section 144 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980[1], after consultation with the Rule Committee appointed under the said section 144, hereby makes the following Rules:
1. These Rules may be cited as the Magistrates' Courts (Family Law Reform Act 1987) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Rules 1989 and shall come into force on 1st April 1989.
2. Subject to rule 3 of these Rules, the following Rules-The Maintenance Orders (Facilities for Enforcement) Rules 1922[2]
The Magistrates' Courts (Maintenance Orders Act 1958) Rules 1959[3]
The Magistrates' Courts (Blood Tests) Rules 1971[4]
The Magistrates' Courts (Guardianship of Minors) Rules 1974[5]
The Magistrates' Courts (Forms) Rules 1981[6]
The Magistrates' Courts Rules 1981[7]
The Magistrates' Courts (Adoption) Rules 1984[8]
The Magistrates' Courts (Children and Young Persons) Rules 1988[9]
shall have effect subject to the amendments set out in the Schedule to these Rules.
3. These Rules shall not apply in relation to any application to a magistrates' court, any affiliation order or any order made under a provision of the Guardianship of Minors Acts 1971 and 1973[10] in relation to which the Family Law Reform Act 1987[11] does not have effect.
Mackay of Clashfern,
C.
Dated 8th March 1989
Notes:[1] 1980 c. 43; section 144 is extended by section 145 of that Act and by section 16(5) of the Guardianship of Minors Act 1971 (c. 3) as amended by the Guardianship Act 1973 (c. 29), section 2 and Schedule 2, the Children Act 1975 (c. 72), Schedule 3, the Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts Act 1978 (c. 22), Schedule 2, and the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980, Schedule 7.
[2] S.I. 1922/1335, amended by S.I. 1970/762.
[3] S.I. 1959/3, amended by S.I. 1977/1890, 1980/1896, 1986/1962, and to which there are other amendments not relevant to these Rules.
[4] S.I. 1971/1991.
[5] S.I. 1974/706, amended by S.I. 1979/953, 1980/1585.
[6] S.I. 1981/533, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Rules.
[7] S.I. 1981/552, amended by S.I. 1983/523, 1985/1695, and to which there are other amendments not relevant to these Rules.
[8] S.I. 1984/611.
[9] S.I. 1988/913, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Rules.
[10] 1971 c. 3 and 1973 c. 29.
[11] 1987 c. 42; section 33(2) and Schedule 3 provide that applications pending and affiliation orders in force at the time when the provisions of the Family Law Reform Act came into force are not affected by those provisions. Under article 3 of and Schedule 2 to the Family Law Reform Act 1987 (Commencement No.2) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/382) similar provision is made in respect of orders in force under the Guardianship of Minors Acts 1971 and 1973.
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