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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-amendment-no-2-rules-northern-ireland-2005/article-14",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2005/497",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Proceedings (Amendment No. 2) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-amendment-no-2-rules-northern-ireland-2005",
  "path": "article/14",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Amendment to the 1996 Rules",
  "text": "In rule 2.12 (Consent to the grant of a decree)—\n(a) in the heading, after “decree” insert “or civil partnership order”;\n(b) in paragraph (1), after “decree”, in each place it appears, insert “or civil partnership order”;\n(c) in paragraph (2)—\n(i) after “decree” insert “or civil partnership order”; and\n(ii) for “none of the other facts mentioned in Article 3(2) of the Order of 1978” substitute “no other relevant fact”; and\n(d) after paragraph (2) insert—\n“(3) In this rule a “relevant fact” is—\n(a) in a matrimonial cause, one of the facts mentioned in Article 3(2) of the Order of 1978, and\n(b) in a civil partnership cause, one of the facts mentioned in section 168(5) of the Act of 2004.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2005/497/article/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:49:56.744185+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."
}