{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-2005/article-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2005/144",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Proceedings (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-2005",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Principal Rules",
  "text": "The Principal Rules shall be amended as follows:\n(a) in rule 1.3 for the definition of “Master” there shall be substituted the following definition –\n““Master” means\n(a) in relation to proceedings in the High Court, the Master (High Court) or the Master (Care and Protection) as the case may be; and\n(b) in relation to proceedings in a county court a district judge;”; and\n(b) in rule 4.17 after paragraph (6) add the following new paragraph –\n“(7) The court may hold a directions appointment by telephone or by using any other method of direct oral communication.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2005/144/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:53:16.316824+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."
}