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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/declarations-of-parentage-allocation-of-proceedings-order-northern-ireland-2002/article-5",
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  "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/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Transfer from a family proceedings court to a family care centre or the High Court",
  "text": "A family proceedings court may, upon application by a party or of its own motion, transfer proceedings under Article 31B of the Order of 1989 to a family care centre or the High Court where it considers that—\n(a) the proceedings are exceptionally important or complex; or\n(b) it would be appropriate for the proceedings to be heard together with other proceedings pending in such a court.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 5 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/5",
    "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."
}