22. Original civil jurisdiction of General Division of High Court exercisable through Family Division

Terms defined in s 2

• family proceedings

  family proceedings

  Defined · s 2

  “family proceedings” means —(a)any civil proceedings under section 53 of the Administration of Muslim Law Act 1966;(b)any civil proceedings under the Adoption of Children Act 1939;(c)any civil proceedings under the Guardianship of Infants Act 1934;(d)any civil proceedings under the Inheritance (Family Provision) Act 1966;(e)any civil proceedings under the International Child Abduction Act 2010;(f)any civil proceedings for the distribution of an intestate estate in accordance with the Intestate Succession Act 1967;(g)any civil proceedings under the Legitimacy Act 1934;(h)any civil proceedings under section 10 of the Maintenance of Parents Act 1995;(i) (j)any civil proceedings under the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1975;(k)any civil proceedings under the Mental Capacity Act 2008;(l)any civil proceedings under the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) Act 2008;(m)any civil proceedings under the Status of Children (Assisted Reproduction Technology) Act 2013;(n)any civil proceedings under section 17A(2) of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1969;(o)any civil proceedings under the Voluntary Sterilisation Act 1974;(oa)any civil or quasi‑criminal proceedings under the Vulnerable Adults Act 2018;(p)any civil or quasi-criminal proceedings under the Women’s Charter 1961;(q)on or after 1 January 2015, any civil proceedings under the Probate and Administration Act 1934; and(r)on or after 1 December 2016, any civil proceedings under the Wills Act 1838;

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