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These rules provide a new code of procedure for family proceedings in the High Court, county courts and magistrates’ courts, and replace existing rules of court for family proceedings. The principal rules being replaced are the Family Proceedings Rules 1991, the Family Procedure (Adoption) Rules 2005 and, in so far as they relate to family proceedings, the Family Proceedings Courts (Children Act 1989) Rules 1991, the Family Proceedings (Matrimonial Proceedings etc) Rules 1991, and rules relating to the reciprocal enforcement of maintenance orders, in particular the Magistrates’ Courts (Reciprocal Enforcement of Maintenance Orders) Rules 1974. More
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These Regulations set the weekly rates for statutory paternity pay and statutory adoption pay payable under Parts 12ZA (statutory paternity pay) and 12ZB (statutory adoption pay) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, inserted by sections 2 and 4 respectively of the 2002 Act More
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These Regulations amend provisions in two statutory instruments relating to statutory maternity leave and adoption leave. The Regulations amended are the Maternity and Parental Leave etc. Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/3312) (“the 1999 Regulations”) and the Paternity and Adoption Leave Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/2788) (“the 2002 Regulations”) More
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This Order specifies circumstances in which the provision of childcare does not attract the requirement for registration in the early years register or Part A of the general childcare register More
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These Regulations contain provisions which are common to the registration of childcare providers in the early years register and the general childcare register. Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills (“the Chief Inspector”) is required to maintain these registers by section 32 of the Childcare Act 2006 (“the Act”). The general childcare register is divided into Part A (later years provision for children under the age of 8) and Part B (voluntary registration) More
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These Regulations supersede the Guardian’s Allowance Up-rating Regulations 2007 (S.I.2007/1071) More
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The amounts in this Order were last amended by the Guardian’s Allowance Up-rating Order 2007 (S.I.2007/1054). The amounts referred to in that Order are superseded by the amounts referred to in this Order More
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This Order is made by the Treasury as the consequence of a review, conducted by them under section 150 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 of the general level of prices More
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An Act to establish the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission; to amend the law relating to child support; to make provision about lump sum payments to or in respect of persons with diffuse mesothelioma; and for connected purposes More
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The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 62(3) and (4) of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008(1), makes the following Order. More
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An Act to make provision about the powers and duties of local authorities and other bodies in England in relation to the improvement of the well-being of young children; to make provision about the powers and duties of local authorities in England and Wales in relation to the provision of childcare and the provision of information to parents and other persons; to make provision about the regulation and inspection of childcare provision in England; to amend Part 10A of the Children Act 1989 in relation to Wales; and for connected purposes More
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This Order brings provisions of the Childcare Act 2006 (“the Act”) into force on 30th March, 1st April, 6th April and 1st May 2007. The provisions are listed in articles 2 to 5. Article 6 and the Schedule make savings and transitional provisions More
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An Act to make provision for and in connection with altering the descriptions of persons in respect of whom a person may be entitled to child benefit More
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The Lord Chief Justice, with the concurrence of the Lord Chancellor, after having consulted the rule committee appointed under section 144(A1) of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980(1), makes the following Rules in exercise of the powers conferred by section 144 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980. More
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An Act to amend the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 and the Surrogacy Arrangements Act 1985; to make provision about the persons who in certain circumstances are to be treated in law as the parents of a child; and for connected purposes. More
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These Regulations amend the Parental Responsibility Agreement Regulations 1991. They prescribe a form, C(PRA3), to record an agreement under section 4ZA of the Children Act 1989 (c.41) for the acquisition of parental responsibility by a second female parent. Section 4ZA is inserted into the Children Act 1989 by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (c.22) and provides for circumstances in which a woman, who is treated as a parent of a child by virtue of section 43 of the 2008 Act, may acquire parental responsibility for that child. More
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These Regulations amend the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 2001 (S.I.2001/1004; “the Contributions Regulations”) to provide for mandatory electronic communication of the return and accompanying information required by paragraph 22 of Schedule 4 (return by employer at the end of year) to the Contributions Regulations (“the return”). It is already mandatory for employers employing 50 or more employees to deliver these returns by an approved method of mandatory electronic communications, this is now extended to all employers. More
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An Act to make new provision about sexual offences, their prevention and the protection of children from harm from other sexual acts, and for connected purposes. More
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These Regulations relate to the new rights to paternity and adoption leave provided for in the Employment Act 2002. The relevant provisions are incorporated by that Act into the Employment Rights Act 1996 ("the 1996 Act"). More
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These Regulations, made under provisions inserted into the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 ("the 1992 Act") by the Employment Act 2002, make provision relating to statutory paternity pay and statutory adoption pay. More
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These Regulations amend provisions relating to maternity leave in the Maternity and Parental Leave etc. Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/3312), and also provisions in those Regulations concerning the right to return from parental leave. Some of the amendments concern provisions which implement (in part) provisions of Council Directive 92/85/EEC, relating to the safety and health of pregnant workers and workers who have recently given birth or are breastfeeding, and provisions of the Framework Agreement on Parental Leave annexed to Council Directive 96/34/EC. More
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These Regulations amend the provisions relating to parental leave in the Maternity and Parental Leave etc. Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/3312). These provisions implement Council Directive 96/34/EC on the framework agreement on parental leave. More
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These Regulations, together with provisions inserted into the Employment Rights Act 1996 ("the 1996 Act") by the Employment Relations Act 1999, confer new rights to maternity and parental leave. The provisions relating to parental leave implement Council Directive 96/34/EC on the framework agreement on parental leave (OJ No.L145, 19.6.96, p.4). More
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These Rules amend the Family Proceedings Rules 1991 (“the 1991 Rules”). More
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These Regulations provide for two exceptions to the general rule that any person keeping or using human embryos, or storing human gametes, may do so only in accordance with a licence from the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (“the Authority”). More
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This Order increases from £350 to £380 from 1st October 2009 the maximum weekly amount used for the purposes of calculating certain awards made by employment tribunals (including awards for unfair dismissal or redundancy) and certain payments made by the Secretary of State out of the National Insurance Fund where an employer is insolvent. By virtue of section 14(2) of the Work and Families Act 2006, amounts may be increased under that section on one occasion only. The increases apply where the event giving rise to the entitlement to compensation or other payments occurred on or after 1st October 2009. More
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This Order specifies a local authority as a relevant third party for the purposes of applying for a forced marriage protection order under section 63C of the Family Law Act 1996 (c. 27). A relevant third party can apply to the court for a forced marriage protection order without the leave of the court. More
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This Order specifies a local authority as a relevant third party for the purposes of applying for a forced marriage protection order under section 63C of the Family Law Act 1996 (c. 27). A relevant third party can apply to the court for a forced marriage protection order without the leave of the court. More
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These Regulations make provision relating to the registration of childminders and other providers of childcare in the general childcare register (“the register”) under Chapters 3 and 4 of Part 3 of the Childcare Act 2006 (“the Act”). The register is in two parts; Part A is for the compulsory registration of providers of certain childcare for children from the 1st September following their fifth birthday up to the age of 8, and Part B is for the voluntary registration of providers who are not required to be registered in the early years register (under Chapter 2 of Part 3 of the Act) or in Part A of the register More
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The Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 35(2)(a), (3)(b) and (5), 36(2)(a), (3)(b) and (5) and 104(2) of the Childcare Act 2006(1) More
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The primary amendment made by these Regulations concerns the range of persons encompassed by the provisions of the principal Regulations. Currently, the principal Regulations relate to information that may or must be provided by Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills (“the Chief Inspector”) in respect of providers of childcare registered under Chapter 4 of Part 3 of the Childcare Act 2006 (“the Act”), namely, those who have registered in Part B of the general childcare register (voluntary registration) More
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These Regulations amend the Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults and Care Standards Tribunal Regulations 2002 (“the Tribunal Regulations”) and make provision in relation to the proceedings of the Tribunal established by section 9 of the Protection of Children Act 1999 (“the Tribunal”) More
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An Act to make provision about statutory rights to leave and pay in connection with the birth or adoption of children; to amend section 80F of the Employment Rights Act 1996; to make provision about workers' entitlement to annual leave; to provide for the increase in the sums specified in section 186(1) and 227(1) of that Act; and for connected purposes. More
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