{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-2010/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2010/379",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Proceedings (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-2010",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Rules)\nThese Rules amend the Family Proceedings Rules (Northern Ireland) 1996 (S.R. 1996 No. 322) as follows:\nRule 3 amends rule 1.3(7) to remove a reference to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (“the 2004 Act”) as a result of an amendment made by the Presumption of Death Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (“the 2009 Act”);\nRule 4 amends rule 2.6(1)(a) to remove a reference to the Matrimonial Causes (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 as a result of an amendment made by the 2009 Act;\nRule 5 amends rule 2.6(1)(b) to remove a reference to the 2004 Act as a result of an amendment made by the 2009 Act; and\nRule 6 inserts new rules 3.47 to 3.52 which prescribe the procedure for applications for orders preventing avoidance under Article 32L of the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2010/379/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:24:32.192679+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."
}