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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Order.)

This Order amends the Declarations of Parentage (Allocation of Proceedings) Order (Northern Ireland) 2002:

  • to provide in certain circumstances for the transfer of proceedings under Article 31B of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (Declarations of Parentage) from one family proceedings court to another family proceedings court;

  • to specify Dungannon county court as a family care centre; and

  • to designate the juvenile court for the petty sessions district of East Tyrone as a family proceedings court, in place of the juvenile court for the petty sessions district of Omagh.