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The ‘fast-track procedure’ (formerly known as the accelerated or shortened procedure) means the procedure set out in the Family Procedure Rules 2010 (FPR 2010), SI 2010/2955, Pt 9, Ch V (SI 2010/2955, 9.18–9.21A). The ‘standard procedure’ means the procedure set out in FPR 2010, SI 2010/2955, Pt 9, Ch IV (SI 2010/2955, 9.12–9.17). The ‘fast-track’ provisions cover a range of applications, including where the application relates, inter alia, to an application for a periodical payments order only under the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (MCA 1973), Civil Partnership Act 2004 (CPA 2004) or Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989 (ChA 1989)—before 4 June 2018 the fast-track procedure applied to all applications for the variation of a Financial remedy order, but after this date the fast-track procedure only applies to an application for variation of an order for periodical payments (without capitalisation).

The fast-track procedure (and its predecessors) should not be confused with the accelerated first appointment procedure set out in the Financial Remedies Court—Primary Principles document (January 2022), which is a separate scheme. See further, Practice Note: