{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-civil-jurisdiction-and-judgments-act-1982-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-2011/article-11",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2011/225",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates’ Courts (Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-civil-jurisdiction-and-judgments-act-1982-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-2011",
  "path": "article/11",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Amendments to theMagistrates’ Courts (Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1986",
  "text": "In rule 11—\n(1) in paragraph (1), for “Regulation State” substitute “Member State of the European Union”;\n(2) in paragraph (2), for “Lord Chancellor” substitute “Department of Justice”;\n(3) for paragraph (3)(c), substitute—\n“in considering whether to vary or revoke the order—\n(i) where the pay does not appear and is not represented at the hearing, the court shall apply the provisions of Article 20 of the 1968 Convention, Article 26 of the Lugano Convention or Article 11 of the Maintenance Regulation, as the case may be, and take into account any representations made and any evidence adduced by him or on his behalf under sub-paragraph (b) above;\n(ii) where the payer does appear and is represented at the hearing, the court may take any such representations or evidence into account, in addition to any oral representations or evidence adduced at the hearing.”;\n(4) in paragraph (6)(b)—\n(a) for “Annex V to the Regulation” substitute “Annex I or II to the Maintenance Regulation, as the case may be”;\n(b) for “Articles 38 and 39 of the Regulation” substitute “Articles 26 and 27 of the Maintenance Regulation”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2011/225/article/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:21:01.711901+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."
}