Article 132 I1

for “designated officer” substitute “court officer”; and

in paragraph (b)—

for “designated officer” substitute “court officer”; and

for “magistrates’ court” substitute “family court”;

for “local justice area for which the magistrates’ court acts, the designated officer” substitute “Designated Family Judge area to which the application has been sent, the court officer”; and

in paragraph (a)—

for “designated officer” in both places substitute “court officer”; and

for “magistrates’ court” substitute “family court”;

for “designated officer” substitute “court officer”;

for “magistrates’ court” substitute “family court”; and

for the words after “application under the” substitute “law in force in England and Wales”; and

in paragraph (c), for “designated officer” substitute “court officer”;

in paragraph (d), for “local justice area” substitute “Designated Family Judge area”; and

for paragraphs (e) and (f), substitute—

“(e)

references to the courts of England and Wales or to the family court were references to the courts of Northern Ireland;

(f)

for sub-paragraph (3)(b) there were substituted—

“(b)

if so, whether the magistrates’ court has power to make the decision or modification sought under—

(i)

the Domestic Proceedings (Northern Ireland) Order 1980; or

(ii)

Article 15 of and Schedule 1 to the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995.”

(g)

after paragraph (4) there were inserted—

“(5)

Where the clerk of petty sessions decides under sub-paragraph (3)(b) that the magistrates’ court does not have power to make the decision or modification sought, the clerk of petty sessions shall send the application to—

(a)

the High Court of Judicature; or

(b)

a county court,

as appears to the clerk of petty sessions to be appropriate.”; and

(h)

in sub-paragraph (9) for “the law in force in England and Wales” there were substituted “the Domestic Proceedings (Northern Ireland) Order 1980 or Article 15 of and Schedule 1 to the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995.”.