Process for making rules of court under section 40

1 Family proceedings rules must be— a signed by a majority of the members of the Family Proceedings Rule Committee, and b submitted to the Lord Chancellor. 2 The Lord Chancellor may allow or disallow rules so made. 3 If the Lord Chancellor disallows rules, he must give the Committee written reasons for doing so. 4 Rules so made and allowed by the Lord Chancellor— a come into force on such day as the Lord Chancellor directs, and b are to be contained in a statutory instrument to which the Statutory Instruments Act 1946 applies as if the instrument contained rules made by a Minister of the Crown. 5 A statutory instrument containing Family Proceedings rules is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament. 6 In this section and section 40B “ Family Proceedings rules ” means rules of court made under section 40.