{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-1999/article-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-1999/article-12.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1999/88",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Proceedings (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-1999",
  "path": "article/12",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Service",
  "text": "After rule 7.4(2) there shall be added the following new paragraph—\n“(3) Where a document is required by these Rules to be served personally and the court is satisfied by evidence on oath that personal service is impracticable, it may order that service of that document be effected in such manner as it may direct.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1999/88/article/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:20:53.907455+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."
}