{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-53/chapter-4/rule-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-53/chapter-4/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/53/chapter/4/rule/8",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Notice of the petition to be given to the Attorney-General",
  "text": "(1) A copy of the petition and every document accompanying it shall be given by the petitioner to the Crown Solicitor, on behalf of the Attorney-General at least one month before the petition is filed and it shall not be necessary thereafter to serve these documents upon him.\n(2) On the petition being filed in accordance with Rule 9, notice of filing shall be given by the petitioner to the Crown Solicitor on behalf of the Attorney-General, who shall notify the chief clerk in writing within fourteen days of such notice if he intends to intervene in the proceedings.\n(3) The Attorney-General, in deciding whether it is necessary or expedient to intervene in the proceedings, may have a search made for and may inspect a copy of any document filed or lodged in the court which relates to any other matrimonial proceedings referred to in the proceedings.",
  "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/4/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."
}