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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-northern-ireland-order-1995/schedule-1/paragraph-16",
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  "legislation_title": "The Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995",
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  "number": "16",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The court has jurisdiction in relation to an application under paragraph 2 in respect of a child if any of the following persons are habitually resident or domiciled in Northern Ireland on the date of the application—\n(a) a parent of the child;\n(b) a guardian of the child;\n(c) a person in whose favour a residence order is in force with respect to the child;\n(d) the child.\n(2) The court has jurisdiction in relation to an application under paragraph 3 if the applicant or a parent against whom the order is sought or made is habitually resident or domiciled in Northern Ireland on the date of the application.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "F",
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      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 16 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Jurisdiction and Judgments (Family) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/519), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 23(3) (as substituted by S.I. 2019/836, regs. 1, 2(3)(b)) (with reg. 8) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1574, regs. 1, 5(2)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
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