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Regulation 2
Regulation 2
Revocation, transitional provisions and application (P. 1, r. 2)
Subregulation 1
Subject to the following provisions of this Rule, revoke the Family Justice Rules 2014 (G.N. No. S 813/2014) (called the revoked Rules).
Subregulation 2
Subject to this Rule, these Rules apply to and in relation to all civil proceedings and all quasi‑criminal proceedings in the Family Division, the Family Courts and the Youth Courts which are commenced on or after 15 October 2024, including appeals arising from those proceedings.
Subregulation 3
Despite paragraph (1) and subject to paragraph (4) and any other provision in these Rules, the revoked Rules as in force immediately before 15 October 2024 continue to apply to and in relation to —
any proceedings commenced in the Family Division, a Family Court or a Youth Court before 15 October 2024;
any application for an order for financial relief under section 121B of the Women’s Charter 1961 made on or after 15 October 2024, where the leave of the court under section 121D of that Act to make the application was granted before that date;
any proceedings to which the revoked Rules apply under the Family Justice (Probate and Other Matters) Rules 2024 (G.N. No. S 723/2024); and
any appeal heard by the Family Division arising from any proceedings in a Family Court or Youth Court mentioned in sub‑paragraph (a), (b) or (c).
Subregulation 4
These Rules apply to and in relation to —
any application to vary, rescind or set aside any judgment or order made in any civil proceedings under Part 10 of the Women’s Charter 1961 disposing of all claims in those proceedings, where —
the proceedings in which the judgment or order was made commenced before 15 October 2024; and
the application to vary, rescind or set aside the judgment or order is made on or after 15 October 2024; and
any appeal heard by the Family Division against a decision of a Family Court which was made in relation to an application mentioned in sub‑paragraph (a).
Subregulation 5
Unless otherwise provided in these Rules, the following provisions of the Rules of Court 2021 (G.N. No. S 914/2021) apply, with the necessary modifications, to and in relation to all proceedings mentioned in paragraph (2): Order 29 Order 29A Order 31 Order 54 Order 69 Order 70.
Subregulation 6
Despite any provision in these Rules providing that the revoked Rules are to apply to certain proceedings, the Court may direct that the provisions of Part 1, Rule 12, Part 7, Rule 11 and Part 25, Rule 3(2) are to apply with suitable modifications to those proceedings.
Subregulation 7
These Rules (except Part 26) do not apply to —
any criminal proceedings in a Youth Court;
any proceedings under —
the Inheritance (Family Provision) Act 1966;
the Intestate Succession Act 1967;
the Legitimacy Act 1934;
the Probate and Administration Act 1934; or
the Wills Act 1838;
any appeal arising from proceedings in sub‑paragraph (a) or (b); and
any appeal against a decision of the Family Division which is heard in the Court of Appeal or Appellate Division.
Subregulation 8
Despite any provision in these Rules, the following provisions of these Rules as in force immediately before the appointed date apply to or in relation to any of the matters specified in paragraph (10): Part 3, Rule 2 (definitions of “maintenance enforcement proceedings” and “maintenance proceedings”) Part 3, Rule 7(2), (3)(a) and (6) Part 3, Rule 15(3) Part 3, Rule 20 Part 3, Rule 23(1) (definitions of “enforcement order” and “maintenance order”).
Subregulation 9
The following provisions of these Rules do not apply to or in relation to any of the matters specified in paragraph (10): Part 3, Rule 2 (definitions of “maintenance enforcement application” and “maintenance enforcement officer” or “MEO”) Part 3, Rule 19(1A) Part 3, Division 2C.
Subregulation 10
The matters mentioned in paragraphs (8) and (9) are —
any relevant application;
any proceedings arising from any relevant application (including any appeal against any decision of the Court on any relevant application); and
any maintenance order to which section 45(13) of the Family Justice Reform Act 2023 applies.
Subregulation 11
In this paragraph and paragraphs (8) and (10) —
Definition
“appointed date” means 16 January 2025;
Definition
“maintenance enforcement application” means —
any application for enforcement of the maintenance order under section 71 of the Women’s Charter 1961 as in force immediately before the appointed date; or
any application under section 80 of the Women’s Charter 1961 as in force on or after the appointed date;
Definition
“relevant application” means —
any application for —
an order under section 69, 70, 71, 71C(2) or 121G or Part 9 of the Women’s Charter 1961 as in force immediately before the appointed date; or
a determination under section 87(1) of the Women’s Charter 1961 as in force immediately before the appointed date;
any maintenance enforcement application in respect of a maintenance order as defined in section 2 of the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1975 and registered or confirmed by the General Division of the High Court or a Family Court under that Act;
any maintenance enforcement application made before the appointed date in respect of a relevant maintenance order; or
any maintenance enforcement application made on or after the appointed date in respect of any relevant maintenance order other than a relevant maintenance order to which section 45(13) of the Family Justice Reform Act 2023 has ceased to apply;
Definition
“relevant maintenance order” means any of the following orders:
an order for the payment of monthly sums or a lump sum for the maintenance of a wife, an incapacitated husband or a child, made or deemed to be made by the General Division of the High Court or a Family Court under Part 8 of the Women’s Charter 1961;
an order for the payment of monthly or periodical sums or a lump sum by way of maintenance or alimony to a wife or former wife or an incapacitated husband or incapacitated former husband, or by way of maintenance for the benefit of any child, under Part 10 of the Women’s Charter 1961;
an order for maintenance made by the Syariah Court under the Administration of Muslim Law Act 1966;
an order for the payment of money in respect of the maintenance of an infant made under the Guardianship of Infants Act 1934;
an order for maintenance made under the Maintenance of Parents Act 1995.