English Family Law - Statutory Instruments

Statutory Instruments

Statutory Instruments contain the rules that lay down court procedure. They frequently cross-reference each other, though many refer to the original 1991 rules, which came in with the 1989 Children Act. The list below contains many of the Statutory instruments that have a bearing on family law, which are available from the Office of Public Sector Information.

• The Family Proceedings Rules 1991 Statutory Instrument 1991 No. 1247 (L.20)
• The Family Proceedings Courts (Matrimonial Proceedings etc.) Rules 1991 Statutory Instrument 1991 No. 1991 (L.32)
• The Family Proceedings (Amendment) Rules 1992 Statutory Instrument 1992 No. 456 (L.1)
• The Family Proceedings Courts (Child Support Act 1991) Rules 1993 Statutory Instrument 1993 No. 627 (L. 8)
• The Family Proceedings (Amendment) (No. 3) Rules 1994 Statutory Instrument 1994 No. 2890 (L.17)
• The Family Proceedings Fees (Amendment) Order 1997 Statutory Instrument 1997 No. 788 (L. 18)
• The Family Proceedings (Miscellaneous Amendments) Rules 1999 Statutory Instrument 1999 No. 1012 (L. 9)
• The Family Proceedings (Amendment No. 2) Rules 1999 Statutory Instrument 1999 No. 3491 (L. 28)
• The Magistrates' Courts (Transfer of Justices' Clerks' Functions) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Rules 2001 Statutory Instrument 2001 No. 615
• The Family Proceedings Courts (Family Law Act 1986) Rules 2001 Statutory Instrument 2001 No. 778 (L. 14)
• The Family Proceedings (Amendment) Rules 2001 Statutory Instrument 2001 No. 821 (L. 18)
• The Legal Aid in Family Proceedings (Remuneration) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2001 Statutory Instrument 2001 No. 1255
• The Family Proceedings (Amendment) Rules 2003 Statutory Instrument 2003 No. 184 (L. 2)
• The Courts Act 2003 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2004 Statutory Instrument 2004 No. 2035
• The Family Proceedings (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2003 Statutory Instrument 2003 No. 2839 (L. 35)
• The Family Proceedings Fees (Amendment) Order 2003 Statutory Instrument 2003 No. 645 (L. 12)
• The Family Proceedings Fees (Amendment No. 2) Order 2003 Statutory Instrument 2003 No. 719 (L. 19)
• The Family Proceedings Fees Order 2004 Statutory Instrument 2004 No. 3114 (L. 21)
• The Community Legal Service (Funding) (Counsel in Family Proceedings) (Amendment) Order 2005 Statutory Instrument 2005 No. 184
• The Family Proceedings (Amendment) Rules 2005 Statutory Instrument 2005 No. 264
• The Data Protection (Subject Access Modification) (Social Work) (Amendment) Order 2005 Statutory Instrument 2005 No. 467
• The Family Proceedings (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2005 Statutory Instrument 2005 No. 559 (L. 11)
• The Family Proceedings (Amendment No 4) Rules 2005 Statutory Instrument 2005 No. 1976 (L. 18 )
• The Family Proceedings Courts (Miscellaneous Amendments) Rules 2005 Statutory Instrument 2005 No. 1977 (L. 19)
• The Family Procedure (Adoption) Rules 2005 Statutory Instrument 2005 No. 2795 (L. 22)
• The Family Proceedings (Civil Partnership: Staying of Proceedings) Rules 2005 Statutory Instrument 2005 No. 2921 (L. 25)
• The Family Proceedings (Amendment) (No. 5) Rules 2005 Statutory Instrument 2005 No. 2922 (L. 26)
• The Civil Partnership (Family Proceedings and Housing Consequential Amendments) Order 2005 Statutory Instrument 2005 No. 3336
• The Family Proceedings Fees (Amendment No. 2) Order 2005 Statutory Instrument 2005 No. 3443 (L.29)