Royal
Court (Amendment No. 25) Rules 2019
Made 26th September 2019
Coming into
force 9th October 2019
THE SUPERIOR NUMBER OF THE ROYAL COURT makes these Rules under Article 13
of the Royal Court (Jersey) Law 1948[1], Article 18(2) of the
Adoption (Jersey) Law 1961[2], Article 67 of the Children
(Jersey) Law 2002[3], Article 43 of the
Matrimonial Causes (Jersey) Law 1949[4] and Article 69 of the Civil
Partnership (Jersey) Law 2012[5] –
1 References
to Minister for Health and Social Services substituted
In each of the following Rules, for the reference to the “Minister
for Health and Social Services” there is substituted a reference to the
“Minister for Children and Housing” –
(a) Rule 1(1) of, and in
Form No. 6 in Schedule 1 to, the Adoption Rules 1962[6];
(b) Rule 2(c) of the
Children (Prescribed Classes of Applicant to vary Directions) Rules 2005[7];
(c) Rule 56(d) of the
Civil Partners Causes Rules 2012[8]; and
(d) Rule 50(d) of the
Matrimonial Causes Rules 2005[9].
2 Transitional provisions
(1) The substitutions effected by Rule 1
shall not prejudice the operation of any appointment, delegation,
determination, direction, instruction, approval, consent, requirement,
authorization or other thing that was, before these Rules come into force,
made, given or done by the Minister for Health and Social Services in relation
to the functions, rights and liabilities previously exercised, and in all
proceedings currently before the Court, such matter shall, if then in force,
continue in force to the like extent and subject to the like provisions as if
it had been duly made, given or done by the Minister for Children and Housing.
(2) Where, upon the coming into force of these
Rules, any legal proceeding is pending to which the Minister for Health and
Social Services is a party and the proceeding has reference to any of the
functions, rights, or liabilities transferred by Rule 1, the Minister for
Children and Housing shall be substituted in the proceeding for the Minister
for Health and Social Services and the proceeding shall not abate by reason of
the substitution.
3 Citation and
commencement
These Rules may be cited as the Royal Court (Amendment No. 25)
Rules 2019 and come into force on 9th October 2019.
a.j. clarke
Judicial Greffier