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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-2002/article-4",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2002/137",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Proceedings (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-2002",
  "path": "article/4",
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  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Definitions",
  "text": "In rule 1.3(1)—\n(a) after the definition of “the Allocation Order of 1999” insert—\n““the Allocation Order of 2002” means the Declarations of Parentage (Allocation of Proceedings) Order (Northern Ireland) 2002”;\n(b) after the definition of “consent order”, insert—\n““Contracting State” means—\n(a) one of the original parties to the Council Regulation, that is to say, Belgium, Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom, and\n(b) a party which has subsequently adopted the Council Regulation;\n“the Council Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 1347/2000 of 29th May 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in matrimonial matters and in matters of parental responsibility for children of both spouses.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 2002 No. 119"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "O.J. No. L160, 30.6.2000, p. 19"
    }
  ],
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  "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."
}