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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-51/chapter-3/rule-12",
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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/3/rule/12",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Part—\n“the Act” means the Maintenance and Affiliation Orders Act (Northern Ireland) 1966;\n“maintenance order” has the meaning assigned to it by section 10(2) of the Act.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1966 c. 35 as amended by Article 42(1) of, and Schedule 2 to, the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 [S.I. 1989/677 (N.I. 4)]"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1981/225/part/51/chapter/3/rule/12",
    "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."
}