{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-rules-northern-ireland-1996/rule-3.2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-rules-northern-ireland-1996/rule-3.2.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1996/322",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Proceedings Rules (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-rules-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "rule/3.2",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "3.2",
  "heading": "Transfer to High Court of applications under rule 3.1",
  "text": "(1) Where it appears to [ the county court] that the respondent intends to contest an application under the last foregoing rule on the ground that—\n(a) by reason of the applicant’s conduct or otherwise the respondent is not liable to maintain the applicant, or\n(b) no court in Northern Ireland has jurisdiction to entertain the application,\nthe court shall order that the application be transferred to the High Court.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in rule 3.2(1) substituted (31.10.2016) by The Family Proceedings (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/301), rules 1(1), 2(23); S.R. 2016/387, art. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Words substituted by S.R. 2005 No. 497 with effect from 05.12.05"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/322/rule/3.2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:34:45.513001+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."
}