{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-rules-northern-ireland-1996/rule-8.39",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-rules-northern-ireland-1996/rule-8.39.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/8.39",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "8.39",
  "heading": "Application for registration of a judgment under the 1996 Hague Convention",
  "text": "(1) An application for registration under the 1996 Hague Convention must be supported by a statement that is sworn to be true or an affidavit—\n(a) exhibiting—\n(i) the judgment, or a verified, certified or otherwise duly authenticated copy of the judgment;\n(ii) those documents necessary to show that the judgment is enforceable according to the law of the Contracting State in which it was given;\n(iii) any documents to support the statements referred to paragraph (d);\n(b) giving a description of the opportunities provided by the authority which gave the judgment in question for the child to be heard except where that judgment was given in a case of urgency;\n(c) giving details of any measures taken in a non-Contracting State of the habitual residence of the child, if applicable, specifying the nature and effect of the measure, and the date on which it was taken;\n(d) in so far as not apparent from the copy of the judgment provided, stating the grounds on which the authority which gave the judgment has based its jurisdiction;\n(e) where appropriate, stating whether Article 33 of the 1996 Hague Convention has been complied with, and the identity and address of the authority or authorities from which consent has been obtained;\n(f) stating—\n(i) whether the judgment provides for the payment of a sum or sums of money;\n(ii) whether interest is recoverable on the judgment or part of it in accordance with the law of the Convention State in which the judgment was given, and if so, the rate of interest, the date from which the interest is recoverable, and the date on which interest ceases to accrue;\n(g) giving an address within the jurisdiction of the court for service of process on the party making the application and stating, so far as is known to the witness, the name and the usual or last known address or place of business of the person against whom judgment was given.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Rules 8.33-8.63 substituted for rules 8.33-8.48 (25.3.2011 for specified purposes, 1.11.2012 in so far as not already in operation) by The Family Proceedings (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/64), rules 1, 2(5), Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Rule 8.39(1)(f)(g) substituted for rule 8.39(1)(f) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Family Proceedings (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/235), rules 1(1), 2(20) (with rule 3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/322/rule/8.39",
    "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."
}