{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-amendment-no-2-rules-northern-ireland-2005/article-59",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-amendment-no-2-rules-northern-ireland-2005/article-59.json",
  "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/59",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "59",
  "heading": "Amendment to the 1996 Rules",
  "text": "In rule 3.1 (Application by spouse for failure to maintain)—\n(a) in the heading, after “spouse” insert “or civil partner”;\n(b) in paragraph (1), for the words from “An application” to “the marriage” substitute—\n“An application under Article 29 of the Order of 1978 by a party to a marriage or under Part 8 of Schedule 15 to the Act of 2004 by a party to a civil partnership who alleges that the other party to the marriage or the civil partnership, as the case may be”;\n(c) in paragraph (2)—\n(i) in sub-paragraph (a), after “date of the marriage” insert “, or the names of the parties to the civil partnership and the place at and date on which they formed their civil partnership, as the case may be;”; and\n(ii) in sub-paragraph (c)—\n(aa) after “marriage”, the first time it appears, insert “or civil partnership”; and\n(bb) for “marriage”, the second time it appears, substitute “family”; and\n(cc) for “decree or order”, in each place it appears, substitute “decree, civil partnership order or other order”; and\n(dd) after “marriage”, the third time it appears, insert “or civil partnership”; and\n(d) in paragraph (5), for “Where” substitute “In matrimonial proceedings, where”.",
  "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/59",
    "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."
}