{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/declarations-of-parentage-allocation-of-proceedings-order-northern-ireland-2002/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/declarations-of-parentage-allocation-of-proceedings-order-northern-ireland-2002/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2002/119",
  "legislation_title": "The Declarations of Parentage (Allocation of Proceedings) Order (Northern Ireland) 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/declarations-of-parentage-allocation-of-proceedings-order-northern-ireland-2002",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Classes of Court",
  "text": "For the purposes of this Order there shall be the following classes of court—\n(a) family proceedings courts, being those courts of summary jurisdiction constituted as juvenile courts so specified in directions issued by the Lord Chief Justice; and\n(b) family care centres, being those county courts so specified in directions issued by the Lord Chief Justice.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 3(a) substituted (31.10.2016) by The Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (Single Jurisdiction) (Consequential Amendments and Revocations) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/317), arts. 1, 19(3)(a); S.R. 2016/387, art. 2(a) (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 3(b) substituted (31.10.2016) by The Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (Single Jurisdiction) (Consequential Amendments and Revocations) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/317), arts. 1, 19(3)(b); S.R. 2016/387, art. 2(a) (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 3 in operation at 15.4.2002, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2002/119/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:08:06.586889+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."
}