Statutory Instrument 1991 No. 1677 (L.21)

The Children (Allocation of Proceedings) Order 1991

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1991 No. 1677 (L.21)

FAMILY PROCEEDINGS

The Children (Allocation of Proceedings) Order 1991

Made	20th June 1991

Laid before Parliament

1st August 1991

Coming into force

14th October 1991

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 92(9) and (10) of, and Part I of Schedule 11 to, the Children Act 1989^[1], and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:-

Citation, commencement and interpretation
    1.—(1)  This Order may be cited as the Children (Allocation of Proceedings) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 14th October 1991.

    (2)  In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires-
"child"-
 (a) means, subject to sub-paragraph (b), a person under the age of 18 with respect to whom proceedings are brought, and
 (b) where the proceedings are under Schedule 1, also includes a person who has reached the age of 18;


"London commission area" has the meaning assigned to it by section 2(1) of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979^[2];
"petty sessions area" has the meaning assigned to it by section 4 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979^[3];and
"the Act" means the Children Act 1989, and a section, Part or Schedule referred to by number alone means the section, Part or Schedule so numbered in that Act.

Classes of county court
    2.    For the purposes of this Order there shall be the following classes of county court:
 (a) divorce county courts, being those courts designated for the time being as divorce county courts by an order under section 33 of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984^[4];
 (b) family hearing centres, being those courts set out in Schedule 1 to this Order;
 (c) care centres, being those courts set out in column (ii) of Schedule 2 to this Order.

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Notes:

[1] 1989 c. 41.

[2] 1979 c. 55.

[3] Section 4 was amended by the Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51), section 12.

[4] 1984 c. 42.

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