{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-rules-northern-ireland-1996/rule-3.22",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-rules-northern-ireland-1996/rule-3.22.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/3.22",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "3.22",
  "heading": "Transfer of proceedings under the Order of 1998",
  "text": "(1) Where proceedings under the Order of 1998 are pending, the court shall consider (on the application, in writing, of either party or of its own motion) whether to exercise its powers to transfer the hearing of that application to another court and shall make an order for transfer in Form F9 if it seems necessary or expedient to do so.\n(2) Where proceedings have been transferred to a county court in accordance with Article 7 of the Allocation Order of 1999, that court shall consider whether to transfer those proceedings to the High Court in accordance with Article 11 of that Order and either—\n(a) determine that an order for such transfer need not be made;\n(b) make such an order for transfer;\n(c) order that a date be fixed for the hearing of the question whether such an order for transfer should be made, whereupon the chief clerk shall give such notice to the parties as the court directs of the date so fixed; or\n(d) invite the parties to make written representations within a specified period as to whether such an order should be made and, upon receipt of the representations, the court shall act in accordance with sub-paragraphs (a), (b) or (c).\n(3) Where proceedings are transferred to the High Court any relevant documentation shall be sent by the chief clerk to the Office of Care and Protection.\n(4) The proper officers shall notify the parties of an order transferring proceedings from the High Court in accordance with Article 12 or 13 of the Allocation Order of 1999 and a copy of the order shall be sent to the court to which the proceedings are transferred.\n(5) The chief clerk shall notify the parties of an order transferring proceedings in accordance with Article 9 or 10 of the Allocation Order of 1999 and a copy of the order shall be sent to the court to which the proceedings are transferred.\n(6) An order under this rule transferring proceedings in accordance with the Allocation Order of 1999 shall be served on the parties by the proper officer or chief clerk as the case may be.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/322/rule/3.22",
    "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."
}