# The Family Proceedings Rules (Northern Ireland) 1996, Rule 4.38: Request made by court in Northern Ireland for consultation as to contemplated placement of child in another ... Contracting State

Extent: N.I.

(1) This rule applies where the court is contemplating the placement of a child in ... another Contracting State under Article 33 of the 1996 Hague Convention, and proposes to send a request for consultation with or for the consent of the Central Authority or other authority having jurisdiction in the other State in relation to the contemplated placement.
(2) In this rule, a reference to “the request” includes a reference to a report prepared for the purposes of Article 33 of the 1996 Hague Convention where the request is made under that Convention.
(3) Where the court sends the request directly to the Central Authority or other authority having jurisdiction in the other State, it must at the same time send a copy of the request to the Central Authority for Northern Ireland.
(4) The court may send the request to the Central Authority for Northern Ireland for onward transmission to the Central Authority or other authority having jurisdiction in the other ... State.
(5) The court should give consideration to the documents which should accompany the request.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/322/rule/4.38 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-rules-northern-ireland-1996/rule-4.38
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