Clause 61

by deleting the definition of “judge” in section 2 and substituting the following definition:“ “judge”, in relation to any proceedings, means the person (however described) who decided those proceedings;”;

by inserting, immediately after the words “Rules of Court,” in the following provisions, the words “Family Justice Rules or”:Sections 10(3) and 17(2);

by repealing section 19 and substituting the following section:“Rules regulating practice and procedure of court

the Rules Committee constituted under section 80(3) of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act (Cap. 322) may make under section 80 of that Act rules regulating the practice and procedure of any of the following courts in which proceedings may be taken by an aided person:

the Court of Appeal;

the High Court (other than the Family Division thereof);

any District Court;

any Magistrate’s Court; and

the Family Justice Rules Committee constituted under section 46(1) of the Family Justice Act 2014 may make under section 46 of that Act rules regulating the practice and procedure of any of the following courts in which proceedings may be taken by an aided person:

the Family Division of the High Court;

any Family Court;

any Youth Court.”;

by inserting, immediately after the words “Proceedings in” in paragraph 2 of Part I of the First Schedule, the words “Family Courts,”;

by inserting, immediately after the words “by a” in paragraph 4 of Part I of the First Schedule, the words “Family Court or”; and

by inserting, immediately after the words “In a” in paragraph 4 of Part II of the First Schedule, the words “Family Court or”.