Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. 11 applied (6.4.2007) by Childcare Act 2006 (c. 21), ss. 79(4), 109; S.I. 2007/1019, art. 4
C2Sch. 11 applied by Childcare Act 2006 (c. 21), s. 98F(5) (as inserted (12.1.2010) by 2009 c. 22, ss. 199, 269(2)(b))
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C4Sch. 11 Pt. I applied (1.8.1991) by Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 (c. 37, SIF 83:1), ss. 39(3), 43(2); S.I. 1991/1400, art. 2(2)
Sch. 11 Pt. I applied (1.1.1994) by Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 (c. 37, SIF 83:1), s. 30(8)(a); S.I. 1994/1776, art. 2(1)
2(1)The Lord Chancellor may [F1, after consulting the Lord Chief Justice,] by order provide that in specified circumstances the whole, or any specified part of, specified proceedings to which this paragraph applies shall be transferred to—E+W
(a)a specified level of court;
(b)a court which falls within a specified class of court; or
(c)a particular court determined in accordance with, or specified in, the order.
(2)Any order under this paragraph may provide for the transfer to be made at any stage, or specified stage, of the proceedings and whether or not the proceedings, or any part of them, have already been transferred.
(3)The proceedings to which this paragraph applies are—
(a)any proceedings under this Act;
(b)any proceedings under [F2the Adoption and Children Act 2002];
[F3(ba)any proceedings under section 55A of the M1Family Law Act 1986]
(bb)[F4any proceedings under] section 20 (appeals) F5. . . of the Child Support Act 1991;
(c)any other proceedings which—
(i)are family proceedings for the purposes of this Act, other than proceedings under the inherent jurisdiction of the High Court; and
(ii)may affect, or are otherwise connected with, the child concerned.
(4)Proceedings to which this paragraph applies by virtue of sub-paragraph (3)(c) may only be transferred in accordance with the provisions of an order made under this paragraph for the purpose of consolidating them with proceedings under—
(a)this Act;
(b)[F2the Adoption and Children Act 2002]; or
(c)the High Court’s inherent jurisdiction with respect to children.
(5)An order under this paragraph may make such provision as the Lord Chancellor thinks appropriate [F6, after consulting the Lord Chief Justice,] for excluding proceedings to which this paragraph applies from the operation of any enactment which would otherwise govern the transfer of those proceedings, or any part of them.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 11 para. 2(1) inserted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4). s. 15(1), {Sch. 4 para. 210(3)(a)}; S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 11(r)
F2Words in Sch. 11 para. 2 substituted (30.12.2005) by 2002 c. 38, ss. 139, 148, Sch. 3 para. 75 (with Sch. 4 paras. 6-8); S.I. 2005/2213, art. 2(o)
F3Sch. 11 Pt. I para. 2(3)(ba) inserted (1.4.2001) by 2000 c. 19, s. 83(5), Sch. 8 para. 10(3)(a) (with s. 83(6)); S.I. 2001/774, art. 2(c)
F4Words in Sch. 11 Pt. I para. 2(3)(bb) inserted (1.4.2001) by 2000 c. 19, s. 83(5), Sch. 8 para. 10(3)(b) (with s. 83(6)); S.I. 2001/774, art. 2(c)
F5Words in Sch. 11 Pt. I para. 2(3)(bb) repealed (1.4.2001) by 2000 c. 19, s. 85, Sch. 9 Pt. IX (with s. 83(6)); S.I. 2001/774, art. 2(d)
F6Words in Sch. 11 para. 2(5) inserted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 15(1), Sch. 4 para. 210(3)(b); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 11(r)
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 11 Pt. I para. 2 wholly in force at 14.10.1991 see s. 108(2)(3) and S.I. 1991/828, art. 3(2)
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