Section 36: Assignment of Circuit judges to matrimonial proceedings.

Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 · 1984 c. 42View on legislation.gov.uk

This provision is repealed
It is retained for historical reference and may not reflect the law currently in force.

Part V: Family Business: Distribution and Transfer

REPEALED on 2014-04-22 by Crime and Courts Act 2013.

The text below is from the dated revised snapshot immediately preceding this status change. It is historical and is not current law. View the historical source.

The jurisdiction conferred by the preceding provisions of this Part of this Act on divorce county courts, so far as it is exercisable by judges of such courts, shall be exercised by such Circuit judges as the Lord Chief Justice may, after consulting the Lord Chancellor, direct.

The Lord Chief Justice may nominate a judicial office holder (as defined in section 109(4) of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005) to exercise his functions under this section.

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