{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-2022/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-2022/note.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2022/254",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Proceedings (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-2022",
  "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) to make provision for a court to make a special measures direction for a party or witness who is stated to be a victim of domestic abuse and prescribe the procedure.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2022/254/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:33:17.164274+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."
}