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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-51/chapter-2/rule-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-51/chapter-2/rule-8.json",
  "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/8",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Refusal to Register",
  "text": "(1) If it appears to the chief clerk that the custody order is no longer in force with respect to a child or more than one child or that a child or more than one child has attained the age of 16, he shall refuse to send the documents referred to in Rule 7(1) to the appropriate court or shall indicate thereon with respect to which child or children the order is not to be registered, and shall within 14 days give notice to the applicant of his refusal or indication and the reason for it.\n(2) If the chief clerk refuses to send the documents to the appropriate court, the applicant may apply to [ the judge] in chambers for an order that the documents be sent to the appropriate court, or that they be sent with respect to a particular child or children.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Words amended by S.R. 2013 No. 19 with effect from 25.02.13"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1981/225/part/51/chapter/2/rule/8",
    "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."
}