Citation, commencement and transitional provisions1
1
These rules may be cited as the Family Proceedings (Amendment No. 2) Rules 1999 and shall come into force on 5th June 2000.
2
The Family Proceedings Rules 19912, as amended by these rules, shall apply to proceedings commenced by Form A or B on or after 5th June 2000.
3
Where proceedings have been commenced before 5th June 2000:
a
the court may, if it considers it just to do so, direct that the Family Proceedings Rules 1991, as amended by these rules, shall apply to those proceedings; otherwise
b
the Family Proceedings Rules 1991 shall apply to those proceedings as if these rules had not been made.