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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-51/chapter-1/rule-1",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1981/225",
  "legislation_title": "County Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981",
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  "path": "part/51/chapter/1/rule/1",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this [ Part of this] Order—\n(a) a section referred to by number means the section so numbered in the Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985; and\n(b) “the Hague Convention” means the Convention defined in section 1(1);\n“the High Court” includes the High Court of Justice in England and Wales [ and the High Court of Justice of the Isle of Man].",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Words substituted by S.R. 1988 No. 112 with effect from 4.4.88"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1985 c. 60"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Words inserted by S.R. 1995 No. 48 with effect from 20.3.95"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:45:17.527867+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}