# County Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981, Rule 7: Application for Recognition and Enforcement of Custody Orders

Extent: N.I.

(1) An application under section 27 of the Act for the registration of a custody order made by a county court shall be made by filing in the office of that court a certified copy of the order, together with a certified copy of any order which has varied any of the terms of the original order and an affidavit by the applicant, and a copy thereof, which shall state—
(a) the name and address of the applicant and his interest under the order;
(b) the name and date of birth of the child in respect of whom the order was made, his whereabouts or suspected whereabouts and the name of the person with whom he is alleged to be;
(c) the name and address of any other person who is known to the applicant to have an interest under the order and whether it has been served on him;
(d) whether the order is to be registered in England and Wales or Scotland [ or a specified dependent territory or (stating which) in more than one of these;]
(e) that, to the best of the applicant’s information and belief, the order is in force;
(f) whether, and if so where, the order is already registered; and
(g) details of any order known to the applicant which affects the child and is in force in the jurisdiction in which the custody order is to be registered,
and there shall be exhibited to the affidavit any document relevant to the application.
(2) Where the documents referred to in paragraph (1) are to be sent to the appropriate court, the chief clerk shall—
(a) retain the affidavit in the records of the court and send the copy thereof and the other documents to [ the appropriate officer] indicating, where the order relates to more than one child, with respect to which child or children it is to be registered, and
(b) record the fact of transmission in the records of the court.
(3) On receipt of the notice of the registration of a custody order in the appropriate court the chief clerk shall note the fact of registration in the records of the court.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1981/225/part/51/chapter/2/rule/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-51/chapter-2/rule-7
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