Part 1 Establishment of the Family Court
Crime and Courts Act 2013 (2013 c 22) | Legislation

SCHEDULE 10 The Family Court

Section 17

Part 1 Establishment of the Family Court

1

In the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 after section 31A (which is inserted by section 17 of this Act) insert—

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(1)     Sittings of the family court may be held, and any other business of the family court may be conducted, at any place in England and Wales.

(2)     Sittings of the family court at any place may be continuous or intermittent or occasional.

(3)     Sittings of the family court may be held simultaneously to take any number of different cases in the same place or different places, and the court may adjourn cases from place to place at any time.

(4)     The places at which the family court sits, and the days and times at which it sits in any place, are to be determined in accordance with directions given by the Lord Chancellor after consulting the Lord Chief Justice.

(5)     The Lord Chief Justice may nominate a judicial office holder (as defined in section 109(4) of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005) to exercise functions of the Lord Chief Justice under this section.

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(1)     A person is

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