# The Family Proceedings Rules (Northern Ireland) 1996, Rule 8.50: Notification of the court’s decision on an application for registration or non-recognition

Extent: N.I.

(1) Where the court has—
(a) made an order on an application for an order that a judgment should be registered for enforcement; or
(b) refused an application that a judgment should not be recognised and ordered under rule 8.49(2) that the judgment be registered for enforcement,
the proper officer will as soon as practicable take the appropriate action under paragraph (2) or (3).
(2) If the court refuses the application for the judgment to be registered for enforcement, the proper officer will serve the order on the applicant and the person against whom judgment was given in the state of origin.
(3) If the court orders that the judgment should be registered for enforcement, the proper officer will—
(a) register the judgment in the register of judgments kept by the Office of Care and Protection;
(b) confirm on the order that the judgment has been registered; and
(c) serve on the parties the court’s order endorsed with the proper officer’s confirmation that the judgment has been registered.
(4) A sealed order of the court endorsed in accordance with paragraph (3)(b) will constitute notification that the judgment has been registered ... under Article 26 of the 1996 Hague Convention... and in this rule and rules 8.53 and 8.54 “notice of registration” means a sealed order so endorsed.
(5) The notice of registration must state—
(a) full particulars of the judgment registered and the order for registration;
(b) the name of the party making the application and that party’s address for service within the jurisdiction;
(c) the right of the person against whom judgment was given to appeal against the order for registration; and
(d) the period within which an appeal against the order for registration may be made.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/322/rule/8.50 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-rules-northern-ireland-1996/rule-8.50
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