Jersey Law 13/1996

ROYAL COURT (AMENDMENT No. 8) (JERSEY) LAW 1996

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A LAW     to further amend the Royal Court (Jersey) Law 1948, sanctioned by Order of Her Majesty in Council of the

24th day of APRIL 1996

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(Registered on the 24th day of May 1996)

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STATES OF JERSEY

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The 21st day of November 1995

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THE STATES, subject to the sanction of Her Most Excellent Majesty in Council, have adopted the following Law –

ARTICLE 1

In Article 11 of the Royal Court (Jersey) Law 1948, as amended1 (hereinafter referred to as “the principal Law”), in paragraph (1) –

(a)     after sub-paragraph (a) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph –

“(aa) for distributing among the divisions of the Royal Court business in or with respect to which the Royal Court has for the time being jurisdiction and for transferring to another division any business of a division or any jurisdiction vested in a division by any enactment in respect of any business, and for making such incidental or transitional provision as may be necessary or expedient in consequence of any such distribution or transfer;”; and

(b)     in sub-paragraph (j), after the word “for” there shall be inserted the words “amending or”.

ARTICLE 2

After Article 11 of the principal Law there shall be inserted the following Article –

“ARTICLE 11A

Change of name of division of the Royal Court

(1)          The Matrimonial Causes Division constituted under Article 3 of the Matrimonial Causes (Jersey) Law 1949, as amended,2 shall be known as the Family Division.

(2)          Any reference in an enactment or document to the Matrimonial Causes Division shall, so far as may be necessary to preserve the effect of the enactment or document, be construed as a reference to the Family Division.”.

ARTICLE 3

This Law may be cited as the Royal Court (Amendment No. 8) (Jersey) Law 1996 and shall come into force on such day as the States may by Act appoint.

G.H.C. COPPOCK

Greffier of the States.