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Amendment of Civil Registration Act 2004

86. The Civil Registration Act 2004 is amended—

(a) in section 22 (amended by section 6 of the Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 )—

(i) by the substitution of “Family Circuit Court” for “Circuit Court” in each place where it occurs, and

(ii) by the substitution of “judge of the Family Circuit Court circuit” for “judge of the circuit” in both places where it occurs,

(b) in section 23—

(i) in subsection (3F), by the substitution of “Family Circuit Court” for “Circuit Court”, and

(ii) in subsection (3G), by the substitution of “Family Circuit Court by subsection (3F) shall be exercised by a judge of the Family Circuit Court circuit” for “Circuit Court by subsection (3F) shall be exercised by a judge of the circuit”,

(c) in section 23A(1), by the substitution of “Family Circuit Court” for “Circuit Court”,

(d) in section 23B—

(i) in subsection (1), by the substitution of “Family District Court under section 21 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 , or by the Family Circuit Court” for “District Court under section 21 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 , or by the Circuit Court”, and

(ii) in subsection (2), by the substitution of “Family Circuit Court” for “Circuit Court”,

(e) in subsection 46(1)(a)(i)(II), by the substitution of “Family Circuit Court or the Family High Court” for “Circuit Court or the High Court”,

(f) in section 47—

(i) in subsection (1), by the substitution of “Family Circuit Court or the Family High Court” for “Circuit Family Court or the High Court”, and

(ii) in subsection (4), by the substitution of “Family Circuit Court by this section shall be exercised by a judge of the Family Circuit Court circuit” for “Circuit Family Court by this section shall be exercised by a judge of the circuit”,

(g) in section 58(9)—

(i) in paragraph (a), by the substitution of “Family Circuit Court” for “Circuit Family Court”, and

(ii) in paragraph (b), by the substitution of “Family Circuit Court by paragraph (a) may be exercised by a judge of the Family Circuit Court circuit” for “Circuit Family Court by paragraph (a) may be exercised by a judge of the circuit”,

and

(h) in section 60(8), by the substitution of “Family High Court” for “High Court”.