Family Courts Act 2024

Amendment of Act of 1994

81. The Act of 1994 is amended—

(a) in section 14—

(i) in subsection (1)—

(I) in paragraph (b), by the substitution of “Family District Court” for “District Court”, and

(II) in paragraph (c)—

(A) by the substitution of “Family District Court” for “District Court” in both places where it occurs, and

(B) by the substitution of “Family Circuit Court” for “Circuit Court”,

(ii) in subsection (2), by the substitution of “Family District Court” for “District Court” in both places where it occurs,

(iii) in subsection (7)—

(I) by the substitution of “Family Circuit Court circuit” for “circuit” in both places where it occurs, and

(II) by the substitution of “Family District Court district” for “district court district” in both place where it occurs,

(iv) in subsection (10), by the substitution of “Family Circuit Court” for “Circuit Court”, and

(v) in subsection (11)—

(I) 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

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

(b) in section 15(2)—

(i) in paragraph (a), by the substitution of “Family District Court” for “District Court”, and

(ii) in paragraph (c), by the substitution of “Family District Court by this subsection may be exercised by the judge of the Family District Court assigned to the Family District Court district” for “District Court by this subsection may be exercised by the judge of the District Court assigned to the district court district”,

(c) in section 19—

(i) in subsection (2), by the substitution of “Family District Court” for “District Court”,

(ii) in subsection (6), by the substitution of “Family District Court” for “District Court”,

(iii) in subsection (7), by the substitution of “Family District Court” for “District Court”, and

(iv) in subsection (9)(a), by the substitution of “Family District Court” for “District Court”,

and

(d) in section 20—

(i) in subsection (2), by the substitution of “Family District Court” for “District Court”, and

(ii) in subsection (3), by the substitution of “Family District Court by subsection (2) may be exercised by the judge of the Family District Court for the time being assigned to the Family District Court district” for “District Court by subsection (2) may be exercised by the judge of the District Court for the time being assigned to the district court district”.