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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Rules)

These Rules amend the Family Proceedings Rules (Northern Ireland) 1996 (S.R. 1996 No. 322), which apply to proceedings in the High Court and county courts, in consequence of the Children (Emergency Protection Orders) Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 (c.3) to:

  • amend rule 4.9 (which makes provision in relation to service of documents in proceedings under the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995) to provide that the court may abridge time for service of documents; and

  • amend Form C20 (Emergency Protection Order) to reflect that there is no longer a prohibition on the court hearing an application to discharge an emergency protection order for 72 hours after the order is made.