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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-51/chapter-2/rule-6",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1981/225",
  "legislation_title": "County Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981",
  "path": "part/51/chapter/2/rule/6",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Part of this Order, unless the context otherwise requires,—\n“the Act” means, the Family Law Act 1986;\n“the appropriate court” means, in relation to England and Wales, the High Court and, in relation to Scotland, the Court of Session [ and in relation to a specified dependent territory, the corresponding court in that territory;]\n[ “the appropriate officer” means, in relation to the High Court in England and Wales, the Secretary of the Principal Registry of the Family Division; in relation to the-Court of Session, the Deputy Principal Clerk of Session; and in relation to the appropriate court in a specified dependent territory, the corresponding officer of that court;]\n“custody order” means a custody(; order within the meaning of any of sections 1, 32, 40 and 42(5) and (6) of the Act;\n[ . . .]\n“register” means the register kept for the purposes of the Act;\n“registration” means registration under Part I of the Act, and registered shall be construed accordingly.\n[ “specified dependent territory” means a dependent territory specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 to the Family Law Act 1986 (Dependent Territories) Order 1991.]",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1986 c. 55"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Words inserted by S.R. 1995 No. 48 with effect from 20.3.95"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Definitions inserted by S.R. 1995 No. 48 with effect from 20.3.95"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Definitions deleted by S.R. 1995 No. 48 with effect from 20.3.95"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "S.I. 1991/1723 as amended by S.I. 1994/2800"
    }
  ],
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  "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."
}