{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-53/chapter-3/rule-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-53/chapter-3/rule-4.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/53/chapter/3/rule/4",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Commencement of Proceedings",
  "text": "(1) An application under Article 33 of the Order for a declaration as to an adoption effected overseas shall be commenced by petition in Form 309.\n(2) There shall be attached to the petition a copy of the petitioner’s birth certificate (if it is available, this should be the certificate made after the adoption referred to in the petition) and a certified copy of the adoption order effected under the law of any country outside the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.\n(3) Where a document produced by virtue of paragraph (2) is not in English it shall be accompanied by a translation certified by a notary public or authenticated by affidavit.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1981/225/part/53/chapter/3/rule/4",
    "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."
}