{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-rules-northern-ireland-1996/rule-8.59",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-rules-northern-ireland-1996/rule-8.59.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/8.59",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "8.59",
  "heading": "Applications for certified copy of judgment under the 1996 Hague Convention",
  "text": "An application for a certified copy of the judgment for the purposes of recognition and enforcement of the judgment 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) a copy of the application by which the pleadings were begun and a copy of all pleadings filed in the proceedings;\n(ii) evidence of service of the proceedings, if any;\n(b) stating the grounds on which the court based its jurisdiction to make the orders in question;\n(c) stating the age of the child at the time of the judgment and the measures taken, if any, for the child’s wishes and feelings to be ascertained; and\n(d) stating which persons were provided with notice of the proceedings.",
  "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 8.59(a)(i) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Family Proceedings (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/235), rules 1(1), 2(34) (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/8.59",
    "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."
}