Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

These Rules may be cited as the Family Proceedings (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1999 and shall come into operation on 29th March 1999.

In these Rules, a rule referred to by number means the rule so numbered in the Family Proceedings Rules (Northern Ireland) 1996^f1 and a reference to Appendix 1 is a reference to Appendix 1 to those Rules.