# The Family Proceedings Rules (Northern Ireland) 1996, Rule 2.46: Decrees and orders

Extent: N.I.

(1) Every decree, [ every civil partnership order, every other order made in open court] and every other order which is required to be drawn up shall be drawn up—
(a) in the case of a decree or order pronounced or made in the High Court, in the Matrimonial Office;
(b) in the case of a decree or order pronounced or made in [ the county court], in the county court office;
and shall have affixed thereto the seal of the office in which it is drawn up.
(2) C.C.R. Order 33, rule 4(1) (which deals with the lodgment of a decree) shall not apply to a decree [ or civil partnership order] pronounced in a cause pending in [ the county court].
(3) The chief clerk to whom the file of a cause has been sent under rule 2.31(3) shall, as soon as practicable after the cause has been tried, forward to the Matrimonial Office a copy of the decree or order pronounced or made in the cause.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/322/rule/2.46 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-rules-northern-ireland-1996/rule-2.46
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