Family Courts Act 2024

Amendment of section 3 of Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009

87. Section 3 of the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 is amended by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “the court”:

“ ‘the court’ means—

(a) the High Court,

(b) the Circuit Court when exercising the jurisdiction conferred on it by the Third Schedule to the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 , or

(c) any of the following courts when making an order under section 31 following an application made to that Court under section 10 of the Family Law Act 1995 , section 15 of the Family Law (Divorce) Act 1996 or section 119 of the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 :

(i) the Family District Court;

(ii) the Family Circuit Court;

(iii) the Family High Court;”.