Family Courts Act 2024

SCHEDULE 2

Amendments of Miscellaneous Enactments

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Section 6

Item

(1)

Number and Year

(2)

Short title

(3)

Section

(4)

Amendment

(5)

1.

No. 1 of 1970

Health Act 1970

Section 64(3)

By the substitution of “Family Circuit Court or the Family District Court” for “Circuit Court or the District Court”.

2.

No. 26 of 1986

Courts (No. 2) Act 1986

Section 5(2)

By the substitution of “Family District Court” for “District Court”.

3.

No. 6 of 1993

Criminal Justice Act 1993

Section 7(2)(ii)(I)(B)

By the substitution of “Family District Court” for “District Court”.

4.

No. 40 of 1997

Children Act 1997

Section 27

(a) In paragraph (a), by the substitution of “Family Circuit Court, by the judge of the Family Circuit Court circuit” for “Circuit Court, by the judge of the circuit”, and

(b) in paragraph (b), by the substitution of “Family District Court, by the judge of that court for the time being assigned to the Family District Court district” for “District Court, by the judge of that court for the time being assigned to the district court district”.

5.

No. 31 of 2004

Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004

Section 39

By the deletion of the definitions of “Act of 2010”, “broadcast”, “publish” and “relevant enactment”.

6.

No. 26 of 2005

Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005

Section 51(2)

By the substitution of “Family Circuit Court or the Family District Court” for “Circuit Court or the District Court”.

Section 142A(4)(d)

(a) In subparagraph (i), by the substitution of “Family High Court or the High Court” for “High Court”, and

(b) by the substitution of clause (I) in subparagraph (ii) with the following clause:

“(I) pursuant to an order—

(A) of the Family District Court, the District Court or the Family Circuit Court on appeal from the Family District Court or District Court under Part III of the Child Care Act 1991 , and

(B) of the Family District Court or the Family Circuit Court (whether at first instance or an appeal from the Family District Court) under Part IV or VI of the Child Care Act 1991 ,”.

Section 197(3)(b)

(a) In subparagraph (i), by the substitution of “Family High Court or the High Court” for “High Court”, and

(b) by the substitution of clause (I) in subparagraph (ii) with the following clause:

“(I) pursuant to an order—

(A) of the Family District Court, the District Court or the Family Circuit Court on appeal from the Family District Court or District Court under Part III of the Child Care Act 1991 , and

(B) of the Family District Court or the Family Circuit Court (whether at first instance or an appeal from the Family District Court) under Part IV or VI of the Child Care Act 1991 ,”.

7.

No. 31 of 2009

Defamation Act 2009

Section 17 (2)(j)

By the substitution of “ section 96 of the Family Courts Act 2024” for “ section 40 of the Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004 ”.

8.

No. 21 of 2010

Adoption Act 2010

Section 18

By the substitution of “Family High Court” for “High Court” in each place where it occurs.

Section 26

By the substitution of “Family High Court” for “High Court” in each place where it occurs.

Section 27(1)(a)(iii)

By the substitution of “Family High Court” for “High Court”.

Section 30

By the substitution of “Family High Court” for “High Court” in both places where it occurs.

Section 31

By the substitution of “Family High Court” for “High Court” in each place where it occurs.

Section 49

By the substitution of “Family High Court” for “High Court” in each place where it occurs.

Section 53

By the substitution of “Family High Court” for “High Court” in each place where it occurs.

Section 54

By the substitution of “Family High Court” for “High Court” in each place where it occurs.

Section 55

By the substitution of “Family High Court” for “High Court” in each place where it occurs.

Section 56(2)

(a) In paragraph (a), by the substitution of “Family High Court” for “High Court”, and

(b) in paragraph (b), by the substitution of “by the Family High Court” for “by the High Court”.

Section 56(3)

(a) In paragraph (a), by the substitution of “Family High Court” for “High Court” in both places where it occurs, and

(b) in paragraph (b), by the substitution of “by the Family High Court” for “by the High Court”.

Section 68(2)(b)

By the substitution of “Family High Court” for “High Court”.

Section 69(2)(b)

By the substitution of “Family High Court” for “High Court”.

Section 78(2)(b)

By the substitution of “Family High Court” for “High Court”.

Section 79(2)(b)

By the substitution of “Family High Court” for “High Court”.

Section 90

By the substitution of “Family High Court” for “High Court” in both places where it occurs.

Section 92

By the substitution of “Family High Court” for “High Court” in each place where it occurs.

9.

No. 25 of 2015

Gender Recognition Act 2015

Section 2

In the definition of “court”, by the substitution of “Family Circuit Court” for “Circuit Family Court”.