{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-rules-northern-ireland-1996/rule-4.24",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-rules-northern-ireland-1996/rule-4.24.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/4.24",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "4.24",
  "heading": "Confidentiality of documents",
  "text": "(1) Notwithstanding any rule of court to the contrary, no document, other than a record of an order, held by the court and relating to proceedings to which this Part applies shall be disclosed, other than to—\n(a) a party,\n(b) the legal representative of a party,\n(c) the guardian ad litem,\n(d) the Legal Aid Department or\n(e) a welfare officer\nwithout leave of the judge.\n(2) An application for leave shall be made in Form C2 setting out the reasons for the request.\n(3) Nothing in this rule shall prevent the notification by the court or the proper officer or chief clerk of a direction under Article 56(1) to the authority concerned.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/322/rule/4.24",
    "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."
}