Rule 1.4 Application of other rules

Subject to the provisions of these Rules and of any statutory provision, the Rules of the Supreme Court (Northern Ireland) 1980 and the County Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981 other than C.C.R. Order 25, rule 20 (which deals with a new hearing and rehearing) shall apply with the necessary modifications to the commencement of family proceedings in, and to the practice and procedure in family proceedings pending in, the High Court and a county court respectively.

For the purpose of paragraph (1) any provision of these Rules authorising or requiring anything to be done in family proceedings shall be treated as if it were, in the case of proceedings pending in the High Court, a provision of the Rules of the Supreme Court (Northern Ireland) 1980 and in the case of proceedings pending in a county court, a provision of the County Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981.